Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
OSCAR DE LA RENTATell me, which designers in New York do you think are great – besides me, of course.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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My customers are successful workingwomen.
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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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Things never happen on accident. They happen because you have a vision, you have a commitment, you have a dream.
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A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.
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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 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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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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Excess is not really something I consider a bad thing; especially when you are talking about living.
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If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.
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Today, the same woman goes to the store and remembers the husband likes pink, and she buys the red.
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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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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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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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The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.
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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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