My customers are successful workingwomen.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAThe 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.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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Be the designer of your own destiny.
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Online media is increasingly influential in fashion.
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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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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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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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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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Women are born free, and I think that they should stay that way.
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I’m a very restless person. I’m always doing something. The creative process never stops.
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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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Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
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I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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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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Silk does for the body what diamonds do for the hand.
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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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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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