Work hard. Believe in yourself. It’s not the publicity that sells the clothes, it’s the woman.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAFashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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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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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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My customers are successful workingwomen.
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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’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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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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The essence of style is how you live your life
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I love to live well, I love to eat well, I love to buy beautiful things, and to give a fantastic time to my friends.
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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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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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Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.
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The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.
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A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.
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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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