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?
OSCAR DE LA RENTAI’ve lived every day to the fullest, and I’ve had a marvelous time. I’ve tried to be nice to the people I care about, and ignore the ones I don’t. I enjoy what I’ve done.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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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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Tell me, which designers in New York do you think are great – besides me, of course.
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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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I adore gardening, and whenever I have time off, that is my passion.
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Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
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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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You don’t go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater.
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The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.
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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 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.
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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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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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Online media is increasingly influential in fashion.
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Love. Be curious. Always try to do your best.
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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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