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.
OSCAR DE LA RENTANever,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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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 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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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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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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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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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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Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
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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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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 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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Today, the same woman goes to the store and remembers the husband likes pink, and she buys the red.
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I’m a very restless person. I’m always doing something. The creative process never stops.
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Things never happen on accident. They happen because you have a vision, you have a commitment, you have a dream.
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I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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In fashion, the most important thing is to move on.
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