Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
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.
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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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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.
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Love. Be curious. Always try to do your best.
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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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Be the designer of your own destiny.
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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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I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.
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It’s important to excite the imagination of a woman.
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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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Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.
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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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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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