Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAWork hard. Believe in yourself. It’s not the publicity that sells the clothes, it’s the woman.
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Excess is not really something I consider a bad thing; especially when you are talking about living.
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I adore gardening, and whenever I have time off, that is my passion.
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Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.
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I’m a very restless person. I’m always doing something. The creative process never stops.
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Work hard. Believe in yourself. It’s not the publicity that sells the clothes, it’s the woman.
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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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A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.
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The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.
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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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Things never happen on accident. They happen because you have a vision, you have a commitment, you have a dream.
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Be the designer of your own destiny.
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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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Luxury to me is not about buying expensive things; it’s about living in a way where you appreciate things.
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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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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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