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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.

Oscar de la Renta

Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
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Being Fashion Memorable Yourself
Silk does for the body what diamonds do for the hand.
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Body Diamonds Hands
Excess is not really something I consider a bad thing; especially when you are talking about living.
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Bad Excess Talking Things
The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.
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Charity Children Heart
Work hard. Believe in yourself. It’s not the publicity that sells the clothes, it’s the woman.
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Believe Hard Memorable Work
Today, there is no fashion, really. There are just… choices. Women dress today to reveal their personalities. They used to reveal the designer’s personality.
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Choices Fashion Personality
Luxury to me is not about buying expensive things; it’s about living in a way where you appreciate things.
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Appreciate Luxury Way
Women are born free, and I think that they should stay that way.
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Born Thinking Way Women
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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Fragrance Introduced Leaves Woman
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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Dog Hamburgers Hot
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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Born Dies Reality Right Today
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.
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Done Nice People
I would like better to be known as the Godfather of Fashion, with all the implications that that word has.
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Fashion Implications Known
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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Design Fashion Mad
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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Color Important Influence Obviously
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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Fashion Looks Roles

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