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.
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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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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Today, the same woman goes to the store and remembers the husband likes pink, and she buys the red.
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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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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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Tell me, which designers in New York do you think are great – besides me, of course.
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I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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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’m a very restless person. I’m always doing something. The creative process never stops.
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You don’t go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater.
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Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
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I adore gardening, and whenever I have time off, that is my passion.
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My beloved Hillary, do not disappoint me. You have to be President, OK?
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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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Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
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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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