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.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAI’m a very restless person. I’m always doing something. The creative process never stops.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.
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When a woman falls in love with something so much that she wants to wear it- it is at that point that it becomes fashion.
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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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In fashion, the most important thing is to move on.
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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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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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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 customers are successful workingwomen.
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Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
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The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.
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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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Regardless of how good or bad a collection might be, it’s a letdown after the show is over. It’s done. Something you’ve worked on for months is just over.
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A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.
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You don’t go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater.
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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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