I always design my own hats to complete my fashion thought….I like them slightly mad, like this huge black poppy. Right now I lift the bosom high on coats and dresses…I am using so many high curved belts.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAToday, there is no fashion, really. There are just… choices. Women dress today to reveal their personalities. They used to reveal the designer’s personality.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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It’s important to excite the imagination of a woman.
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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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A woman can wear anything- she can make it right.
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If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.
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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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I love to live well, I love to eat well, I love to buy beautiful things, and to give a fantastic time to my friends.
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You don’t go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater.
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Nothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body.
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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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The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.
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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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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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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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A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.
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Luxury to me is not about buying expensive things; it’s about living in a way where you appreciate things.
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