A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAA woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAWork hard. Believe in yourself. It’s not the publicity that sells the clothes, it’s the woman.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAWomen are born free, and I think that they should stay that way.
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.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAThe charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAI 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 RENTAI don’t really know how to do casual clothes.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAMy wife said I look like a Latin American dictator. I said, ‘That’s what I am’
OSCAR DE LA RENTAFashions change and with rare exception are forgotten by the public. But the classic fragrances, like an invisible dress, endure.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAIf you want to establish an international presence you can’t do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.
OSCAR DE LA RENTABe the designer of your own destiny.
OSCAR DE LA RENTANothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAAs 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.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAIn fashion, the most important thing is to move on.
OSCAR DE LA RENTANever,ever confuse what happens on a runway with fashion. A runway is spectacle. It’s only fashion when a woman puts it on.
OSCAR DE LA RENTATell me, which designers in New York do you think are great – besides me, of course.
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