There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAYes, I had cancer. Right now, I am totally clean. The only realities in life are that you are born, and that you die.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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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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Nothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body.
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Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
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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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Tell me, which designers in New York do you think are great – besides me, of course.
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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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When I went to see Mrs. Clinton and we talk about the inaugural dress I ask her what would you like to achieve with this particular dress? And she said to me what I would like is – that when I walk into the room and people will look at me and say wow you look great.
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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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Silk does for the body what diamonds do for the hand.
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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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It’s important to excite the imagination of a woman.
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Love. Be curious. Always try to do your best.
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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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I adore gardening, and whenever I have time off, that is my passion.
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I don’t really know how to do casual clothes.
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