In fashion, the most important thing is to move on.
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.
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I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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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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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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My wife said I look like a Latin American dictator. I said, ‘That’s what I am’
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I don’t really know how to do casual clothes.
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I adore gardening, and whenever I have time off, that is my passion.
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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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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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I would like better to be known as the Godfather of Fashion, with all the implications that that word has.
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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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Fashions change and with rare exception are forgotten by the public. But the classic fragrances, like an invisible dress, endure.
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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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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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Work hard. Believe in yourself. It’s not the publicity that sells the clothes, it’s the woman.
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Fragrance must be introduced properly. 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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