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I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.

Oscar de la Renta

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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Color Eye Thinking
I’ve lived every day to the fullest, and I’ve had a marvelous time. I’ve tried to be nice to the people I care about, and ignore the ones I don’t. I enjoy what I’ve done.
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Done Nice People
Excess is not really something I consider a bad thing; especially when you are talking about living.
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Bad Excess Talking Things
Online media is increasingly influential in fashion.
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Fashion Influential Media
Never,ever confuse what happens on a runway with fashion. A runway is spectacle. It’s only fashion when a woman puts it on.
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Clothes Fashion Memorable
Work hard. Believe in yourself. It’s not the publicity that sells the clothes, it’s the woman.
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Believe Hard Memorable Work
There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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Emotional Fashion Memorable
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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Dog Hamburgers Hot
Yes, I had cancer. Right now, I am totally clean. The only realities in life are that you are born, and that you die.
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Born Dies Reality Right Today
Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.
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Accepting Friend Want
The most important beauty is not that with which you were born, but the beauty of character which grows through a woman’s life and maybe never stops growing.
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Character Growing Important
I always tell this story: When I started, the woman went to the store to buy a dress. She saw it in pink and red, and then she remembered that the husband, who is probably going to pay for the dress, loves it in pink. So she buys the pink.
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Dresses Husband Stories
In fashion, the most important thing is to move on.
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Fashion Important Moving
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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Color Important Influence Obviously
Regardless of how good or bad a collection might be, it’s a letdown after the show is over. It’s done. Something you’ve worked on for months is just over.
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Done might Month Months Regardless
My wife said I look like a Latin American dictator. I said, ‘That’s what I am’
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Latin Looks Wife

I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.

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