Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
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More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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You don’t go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater.
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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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I don’t really know how to do casual clothes.
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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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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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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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The essence of style is how you live your life
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My beloved Hillary, do not disappoint me. You have to be President, OK?
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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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I would like better to be known as the Godfather of Fashion, with all the implications that that word has.
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Fashions change and with rare exception are forgotten by the public. But the classic fragrances, like an invisible dress, endure.
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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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A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.
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Women are born free, and I think that they should stay that way.
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My customers are successful workingwomen.
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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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I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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Any girl from any walk of life dreams of that special dress, and I try to make that dream a reality for her.
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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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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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Today, the same woman goes to the store and remembers the husband likes pink, and she buys the red.
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If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.
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It’s important to excite the imagination of a woman.
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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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The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.
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Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
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