I would like better to be known as the Godfather of Fashion, with all the implications that that word has.
OSCAR DE LA RENTASilk does for the body what diamonds do for the hand.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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Regardless of how good or bad a collection might be, it’s a letdown after the show is over. It’s done. Something you’ve worked on for months is just over.
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Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
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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.
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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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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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Today, the same woman goes to the store and remembers the husband likes pink, and she buys the red.
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When a woman falls in love with something so much that she wants to wear it- it is at that point that it becomes fashion.
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A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.
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The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.
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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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Online media is increasingly influential in fashion.
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If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.
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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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My wife said I look like a Latin American dictator. I said, ‘That’s what I am’
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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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