I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAYou don’t go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater.
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My customers are successful workingwomen.
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I adore gardening, and whenever I have time off, that is my passion.
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Women are born free, and I think that they should stay that way.
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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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Be the designer of your own destiny.
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Nothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body.
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My beloved Hillary, do not disappoint me. You have to be President, OK?
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Excess is not really something I consider a bad thing; especially when you are talking about living.
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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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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 don’t really know how to do casual clothes.
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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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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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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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