Women are born free, and I think that they should stay that way.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAYou don’t go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.
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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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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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Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.
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The essence of style is how you live your life
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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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I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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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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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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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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It’s important to excite the imagination of a woman.
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A woman can wear anything- she can make it right.
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Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
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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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Nothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body.
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