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.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAYou don’t go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater.
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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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A woman can wear anything- she can make it right.
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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’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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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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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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I do not have one theme for each season, I just try to make beautiful clothes all year round.
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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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Today, the same woman goes to the store and remembers the husband likes pink, and she buys the red.
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Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.
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Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
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The essence of style is how you live your life
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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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You don’t go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater.
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In fashion, the most important thing is to move on.
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