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.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAIf you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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Tell me, which designers in New York do you think are great – besides me, of course.
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In fashion, the most important thing is to move on.
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The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.
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The most important beauty is not that with which you were born, but the beauty of character which grows through a woman’s life and maybe never stops growing.
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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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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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A woman can wear anything- she can make it right.
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You don’t go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater.
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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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Luxury to me is not about buying expensive things; it’s about living in a way where you appreciate things.
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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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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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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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I adore gardening, and whenever I have time off, that is my passion.
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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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