Be the designer of your own destiny.
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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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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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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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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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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The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.
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Tell me, which designers in New York do you think are great – besides me, of course.
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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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I don’t really know how to do casual clothes.
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Work hard. Believe in yourself. It’s not the publicity that sells the clothes, it’s the woman.
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Women are born free, and I think that they should stay that way.
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My customers are successful workingwomen.
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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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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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Online media is increasingly influential in fashion.
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