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?
OSCAR DE LA RENTAIn fashion, the most important thing is to move on.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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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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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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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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I do not have one theme for each season, I just try to make beautiful clothes all year round.
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Nothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body.
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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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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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Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
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The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.
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I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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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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I always tell this story: When I started, the woman went to the store to buy a dress. She saw it in pink and red, and then she remembered that the husband, who is probably going to pay for the dress, loves it in pink. So she buys the pink.
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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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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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