Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAWhen I went to see Mrs. Clinton and we talk about the inaugural dress I ask her what would you like to achieve with this particular dress? And she said to me what I would like is – that when I walk into the room and people will look at me and say wow you look great.
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As far as preference between fall and spring collections, I have none that I prefer to design. With fall you have a lot more items, but of course I am from the Dominican Republic, so I love the warm weather.
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Online media is increasingly influential in fashion.
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I always design my own hats to complete my fashion thought….I like them slightly mad, like this huge black poppy. Right now I lift the bosom high on coats and dresses…I am using so many high curved belts.
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I come from a very warm island, where colors are very important, very vibrant, and obviously the color has been an influence on my work.
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If you have the right to call me a hot dog why do I not have the right to call you a stale 3-day old hamburger?
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Today, there is no fashion, really. There are just… choices. Women dress today to reveal their personalities. They used to reveal the designer’s personality.
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When a woman falls in love with something so much that she wants to wear it- it is at that point that it becomes fashion.
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If you want to establish an international presence you can’t do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.
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Women think black is the most flattering color, but they’re wrong. Pink adds a cosmetic-like radiance and warmth. Black drains the skin of color; pink delights the eye.
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I love to live well, I love to eat well, I love to buy beautiful things, and to give a fantastic time to my friends.
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Women are born free, and I think that they should stay that way.
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I do not have one theme for each season, I just try to make beautiful clothes all year round.
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I have always felt my role as a designer is to do the very best I can for a woman to make her look her best. Fashion is only fashion once a woman puts it on.
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A fragrance is like a signature, so that even after a woman leaves the room, her fragrance should reveal she’s been there.
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Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
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It’s important to excite the imagination of a woman.
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Today, the same woman goes to the store and remembers the husband likes pink, and she buys the red.
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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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Silk does for the body what diamonds do for the hand.
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I would like better to be known as the Godfather of Fashion, with all the implications that that word has.
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In fashion, the most important thing is to move on.
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Luxury to me is not about buying expensive things; it’s about living in a way where you appreciate things.
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Fashions change and with rare exception are forgotten by the public. But the classic fragrances, like an invisible dress, endure.
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Love. Be curious. Always try to do your best.
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My wife said I look like a Latin American dictator. I said, ‘That’s what I am’
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My beloved Hillary, do not disappoint me. You have to be President, OK?
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