I always tell this story: When I started, the woman went to the store to buy a dress. She saw it in pink and red, and then she remembered that the husband, who is probably going to pay for the dress, loves it in pink. So she buys the pink.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAIt’s important to excite the imagination of a woman.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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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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Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.
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Women are born free, and I think that they should stay that way.
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The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.
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The essence of style is how you live your life
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In fashion, the most important thing is to move on.
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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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My wife said I look like a Latin American dictator. I said, ‘That’s what I am’
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The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.
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You don’t go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater.
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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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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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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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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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