My wife said I look like a Latin American dictator. I said, ‘That’s what I am’
OSCAR DE LA RENTAWork hard. Believe in yourself. It’s not the publicity that sells the clothes, it’s the woman.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.
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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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A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.
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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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Love. Be curious. Always try to do your best.
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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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I’m a very restless person. I’m always doing something. The creative process never stops.
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Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
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My customers are successful workingwomen.
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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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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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I don’t really know how to do casual clothes.
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Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.
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The essence of style is how you live your life
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