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Nothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body.

Oscar de la Renta

Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
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Color Garden Guitar
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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Born Dies Reality Right Today
I’m a very restless person. I’m always doing something. The creative process never stops.
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Artist Creative Restless
I come from a very warm island, where colors are very important, very vibrant, and obviously the color has been an influence on my work.
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Color Important Influence Obviously
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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Clothes Fashion Memorable
My beloved Hillary, do not disappoint me. You have to be President, OK?
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Beloved Disappoint President
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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Dresses Husband Stories
If you want to establish an international presence you can’t do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.
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Artist Consecration Country People
Fashions change and with rare exception are forgotten by the public. But the classic fragrances, like an invisible dress, endure.
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Dresses Fashion Signatures
Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
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Fashion Term Thinking
Silk does for the body what diamonds do for the hand.
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Body Diamonds Hands
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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Fashion Looks Roles
A woman can wear anything- she can make it right.
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Clothes Wear Women
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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Design Fall Spring Weather
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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Color Eye Thinking
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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Done might Month Months Regardless

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