Any girl from any walk of life dreams of that special dress, and I try to make that dream a reality for her.
OSCAR DE LA RENTARegardless 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.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
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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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Yes, I had cancer. Right now, I am totally clean. The only realities in life are that you are born, and that you die.
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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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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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The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.
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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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A woman can wear anything- she can make it right.
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The most important beauty is not that with which you were born, but the beauty of character which grows through a woman’s life and maybe never stops growing.
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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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I’m a very restless person. I’m always doing something. The creative process never stops.
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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.
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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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It’s important to excite the imagination of a woman.
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