Work hard. Believe in yourself. It’s not the publicity that sells the clothes, it’s the woman.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAThings never happen on accident. They happen because you have a vision, you have a commitment, you have a dream.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
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You don’t go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater.
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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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Tell me, which designers in New York do you think are great – besides me, of course.
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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 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 don’t really know how to do casual clothes.
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I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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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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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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Be the designer of your own destiny.
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Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.
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If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.
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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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