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 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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The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.
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Online media is increasingly influential in fashion.
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My beloved Hillary, do not disappoint me. You have to be President, OK?
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A woman can wear anything- she can make it right.
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The essence of style is how you live your life
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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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I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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You don’t go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater.
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Silk does for the body what diamonds do for the hand.
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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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Tell me, which designers in New York do you think are great – besides me, of course.
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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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If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.
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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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