Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAToday, the same woman goes to the store and remembers the husband likes pink, and she buys the red.
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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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The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.
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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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If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.
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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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Never,ever confuse what happens on a runway with fashion. A runway is spectacle. It’s only fashion when a woman puts it on.
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Regardless of how good or bad a collection might be, it’s a letdown after the show is over. It’s done. Something you’ve worked on for months is just over.
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Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
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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.
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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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Today, the same woman goes to the store and remembers the husband likes pink, and she buys the red.
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Women are born free, and I think that they should stay that way.
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Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
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It’s important to excite the imagination of a woman.
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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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