Be the designer of your own destiny.
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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Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.
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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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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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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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Love. Be curious. Always try to do your best.
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Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
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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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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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Online media is increasingly influential in fashion.
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I’m a very restless person. I’m always doing something. The creative process never stops.
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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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In fashion, the most important thing is to move on.
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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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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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