My customers are successful workingwomen.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAI 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.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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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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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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Any girl from any walk of life dreams of that special dress, and I try to make that dream a reality for her.
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The essence of style is how you live your life
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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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One should travel as light as possible. I can organize myself to go on a ten-day trip with just hand luggage.
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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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Work hard. Believe in yourself. It’s not the publicity that sells the clothes, it’s the woman.
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Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
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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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You don’t go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater.
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I come from a very warm island, where colors are very important, very vibrant, and obviously the color has been an influence on my work.
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In fashion, the most important thing is to move on.
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Tell me, which designers in New York do you think are great – besides me, of course.
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Things never happen on accident. They happen because you have a vision, you have a commitment, you have a dream.
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