Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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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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And smile, you know I always tell the girls to smile because I hate sad faces.
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In fashion, the most important thing is to move on.
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I don't really know how to do casual clothes.
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A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.
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Fashions change and with rare exception are forgotten by the public. But the classic fragrances, like an invisible dress, endure. 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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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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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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Be the designer of your own destiny.
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A woman can wear anything- she can make it right.
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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.
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Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.
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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.
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Style begins by looking good naked
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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Fashion is a trend, style is within a person.
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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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My entire concept of lifestyle is built on the foundation of my homes. There is no more important expression of this concept than that of my own personal living space.
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I want to make clothes that people will wear, not styles that will make a big splash on the runway.
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My great strength is knowing who I am and where I come from - my island.
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Every day you have to reinvent yourself
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I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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The well dressed man never stands out in a crowd; his elegance sets him apart.
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You don't go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater.
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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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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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You know I started an orphanage so totally by accident. A lady came to me and asked me if I would, I will help her and we start it with little school and then I fell in love with it.
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