Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAFashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
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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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Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
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Women are born free, and I think that they should stay that way.
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The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.
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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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Today, the same woman goes to the store and remembers the husband likes pink, and she buys the red.
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Any girl from any walk of life dreams of that special dress, and I try to make that dream a reality for her.
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Nothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body.
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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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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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It’s important to excite the imagination of a woman.
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Be the designer of your own destiny.
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Today, there is no fashion, really. There are just… choices. Women dress today to reveal their personalities. They used to reveal the designer’s personality.
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I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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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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