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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.

Oscar de la Renta

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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Choices Fashion Personality
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
My beloved Hillary, do not disappoint me. You have to be President, OK?
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Beloved Disappoint President
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
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
Silk does for the body what diamonds do for the hand.
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Body Diamonds Hands
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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Fashion Looks Roles
Online media is increasingly influential in fashion.
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Fashion Influential Media
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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Artist Consecration Country People
Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.
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Accepting Friend Want
My wife said I look like a Latin American dictator. I said, ‘That’s what I am’
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Latin Looks Wife
Women are born free, and I think that they should stay that way.
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Born Thinking Way Women
Tell me, which designers in New York do you think are great – besides me, of course.
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Designer New York Thinking
Fragrance must be introduced properly. 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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Fragrance Introduced Leaves Woman
One should travel as light as possible. I can organize myself to go on a ten-day trip with just hand luggage.
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Hands Light Travel
Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
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Color Garden Guitar

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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