Oscar De La Renta quotes: wise famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Oscar De La Renta

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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.

We live in an era of globalization and the era of the woman. Never in the history of the world have women been more in control of their destiny.

Fashion is about dressing according to what's fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.

I'm a very restless person. I'm always doing something. The creative process never stops.

A fragrance is like a signature, so that even after a woman leaves the room, her fragrance should reveal she's been there.

Love. Be curious. Always try to do your best.

I hate pretty. It's a very empty word. It gives a bad name to beauty.

I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.

Excess is not really something I consider a bad thing; especially when you are talking about living.

The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.

I would like better to be known as the Godfather of Fashion, with all the implications that that word has.

I love to live well, I love to eat well, I love to buy beautiful things, and to give a fantastic time to my friends.

A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.

I want to make clothes that people will wear, not styles that will make a big splash on the runway.

Be the designer of your own destiny.

The most important thing? Perfect lighting at all times.

I don't really know how to do casual clothes.

I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right.

Women are born free, and I think that they should stay that way.

Elegance is a discipline of life.

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?

Style begins by looking good naked

My approach is that fashion must always be optimistic, and that a woman will always be enticed by beautiful clothes.

Things never happen on accident. They happen because you have a vision, you have a commitment, you have a dream.

I was surrounded by sisters. My childhood was all women.

My job as a designer is to make a woman feel her very best

I always think the best way to dress is when the person notices you first and the dress after.

A woman can wear anything- she can make it right.

A woman today knows that the power of her femininity is very important.

There is no sound more feminine than a woman in a taffeta dress.

I think the greatest reward I have is getting up and going to work each day. I love what I do.

I do not have one theme for each season, I just try to make beautiful clothes all year round.

My wife said I look like a Latin American dictator. I said, 'That's what I am'

I adore gardening, and whenever I have time off, that is my passion.

I'm a happy fellow. I feel very privileged, lucky, that I have had a wonderful life. And that I have been always allowed to do what I love,

And smile, you know I always tell the girls to smile because I hate sad faces.

Walk like you have three men walking behind you.

One should travel as light as possible. I can organize myself to go on a ten-day trip with just hand luggage.

Every day you have to reinvent yourself

Online media is increasingly influential in fashion.

My customers are successful workingwomen.

I like light, color, luminosity. I like things full of color and vibrant.

Tell me, which designers in New York do you think are great - besides me, of course.

The essence of style is how you live your life

I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.

Silk does for the body what diamonds do for the hand.

The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.

It's important to excite the imagination of a woman.

There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.

The Council of Fashion Designers of America is a national neurotic society of creative leaders in various fields of fashion.

The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.

My beloved Hillary, do not disappoint me. You have to be President, OK?

Luxury to me is not about buying expensive things; it's about living in a way where you appreciate things.

Work hard. Believe in yourself. It's not the publicity that sells the clothes, it's the woman.

In fashion, the most important thing is to move on.

Fashion is a trend, style is within a person

Nothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body.

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.

Every season I am inspired by women.

If you don't move, you get stale.

Nothing says spring like hand-cut flowers.

Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors.

Any girl from any walk of life dreams of that special dress, and I try to make that dream a reality for her.

If you want to establish an international presence you can't do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.

When I was a boy, I thought scent was contained in dewdrops on flowers and if I got up very early in the morning, I could collect it and make perfume.

If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.

You don't need an introduction to succeed in life. You need to have good work. Work hard. Believe in yourself

A runway is spectacle. It's only fashion when a woman puts it on.

Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.

Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.

Although I have no plans to tweet, I am fascinated by developments on the Internet.

Working for incredible talents like Balenciaga and Antonio Castillo, I learned about the immense skill and creativity involved in couture work.

It's not about what you wear, but about how you live your life

You don't go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater,

The well dressed man never stands out in a crowd; his elegance sets him apart.

What women have achieved in the last 50 years, I wish men would have achieved in the last 100.