My wife said I look like a Latin American dictator. I said, ‘That’s what I am’
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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I don’t really know how to do casual clothes.
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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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I would like better to be known as the Godfather of Fashion, with all the implications that that word has.
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The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.
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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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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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Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
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You don’t go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater.
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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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Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
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Be the designer of your own destiny.
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As far as preference between fall and spring collections, I have none that I prefer to design. With fall you have a lot more items, but of course I am from the Dominican Republic, so I love the warm weather.
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Tell me, which designers in New York do you think are great – besides me, of course.
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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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My customers are successful workingwomen.
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