I have always felt my role as a designer is to do the very best I can for a woman to make her look her best. Fashion is only fashion once a woman puts it on.
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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Work hard. Believe in yourself. It’s not the publicity that sells the clothes, it’s the woman.
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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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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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Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
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If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.
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I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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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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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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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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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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It’s important to excite the imagination of a woman.
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Excess is not really something I consider a bad thing; especially when you are talking about living.
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Be the designer of your own destiny.
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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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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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