Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Oscar de la Renta
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Dominican designer Oscar de la Renta.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors.
The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.
I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
I don't really know how to do casual clothes.
I was surrounded by sisters. My childhood was all women.
I want to make clothes that people will wear, not styles that will make a big splash on the runway.
Although I have no plans to tweet, I am fascinated by developments on the Internet.
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.
Online media is increasingly influential in fashion.
Every season I am inspired by women.
We're dealing with sophisticated customers. What's most important to these women is individuality. I have to create things she'll want to wear, no matter who she is.
My customers are successful workingwomen.
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.
The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.
If you want to establish an international presence you can't do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.
Now is the most exciting time in fashion. Women are controlling their destiny now, the consumer is more knowledgeable, and I have to be better every single day.
I'm a very restless person. I'm always doing something. The creative process never stops.
I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right.
Fashion is about dressing according to what's fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
I have this complex that if I walk into a place wearing a colorful shirt someone will stop me and say, 'I'm sorry, but the Latin band comes through the other door.'
I like light, color, luminosity. I like things full of color and vibrant.
I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.
I do not have one theme for each season, I just try to make beautiful clothes all year round.
Excess is not really something I consider a bad thing; especially when you are talking about living.
You don't need an introduction to succeed in life. You need to have good work. Work hard. Believe in yourself
Love. Be curious. Always try to do your best.
I think the greatest reward I have is getting up and going to work each day. I love what I do.
I always think the best way to dress is when the person notices you first and the dress after.
Be the designer of your own destiny.
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.
If you don’t move, you get stale.
A fragrance is like a signature, so that even after a woman leaves the room, her fragrance should reveal she's been there.
Elegance is a discipline of life.
Style begins by looking good naked
Style begins by looking good naked. It's a discipline. And if you don't dress well every day, you lose the habit. It's not about what you wear, but about how you live your life.
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.
The well dressed man never stands out in a crowd; his elegance sets him apart.
Luxury to me is not about buying expensive things; it's about living in a way where you appreciate things.
Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.
Things never happen on accident. They happen because you have a vision, you have a commitment, you have a dream.
A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.
The most important beauty is not that with which you were born, but the beauty of character which grows through a woman's life and maybe never stops growing.
My great strength is knowing who I am and where I come from - my island.
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.
A woman today knows that the power of her femininity is very important.
I’ve lived every day to the fullest, and I’ve had a marvelous time. I’ve tried to be nice to the people I care about, and ignore the ones I don’t. I enjoy what I’ve done.
There is no sound more feminine than a woman in a taffeta dress.
The only realities in life are that you are born, and that you die. We always think we are going to live forever. The dying aspect we will never accept. The one thing about having this kind of warning is how you appreciate every single day of life.
Never,ever confuse what happens on a runway with fashion. A runway is spectacle. It's only fashion when a woman puts it on. Being well dressed hasn't much to do with having good clothes. It's a question of good balance and good common sense.
Every day you have to reinvent yourself
It’s not about what you wear, but about how you live your life
The essence of style is how you live your life
The most important thing? Perfect lighting at all times.
Silk does for the body what diamonds do for the hand.
And smile, you know I always tell the girls to smile because I hate sad faces.
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.
You have to appreciate every single day that you're alive. Life is a little bit like a garden - you have to find time to plant the seeds for beautiful flowers to grow.
Walk like you have three men walking behind you.
Fashion is a trend, style is within a person.
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