Oscar de la Renta Quotes

Today, there is no fashion, really. There are just... choices. Women dress today to reveal their personalities. They used to reveal the designer's personality. Until the 70s, women listened to designers. Now women want to do it their own way. There are no boundaries. And without boundaries, there is no fashion.

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.

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

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.

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

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

If you don’t move, you get stale.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Nothing says spring like hand-cut flowers.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Yes, I had cancer. Right now, I am totally clean. The only realities in life are that you are born, and that you die.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.

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

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.

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

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

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

My customers are successful workingwomen.