Yes, I had cancer. Right now, I am totally clean. The only realities in life are that you are born, and that you die.
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.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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Nothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body.
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I don’t really know how to do casual clothes.
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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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My wife said I look like a Latin American dictator. I said, ‘That’s what I am’
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Fashions change and with rare exception are forgotten by the public. But the classic fragrances, like an invisible dress, endure.
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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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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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I’m a very restless person. I’m always doing something. The creative process never stops.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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