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Top 35 Oscar de la Renta Quotes (FASHION)

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Fashion is about dressing according to what's fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
Be the designer of your own destiny.
Be the designer of your own destiny.
Things never happen on accident. They happen because you have a vision, you have a commitment, you have a dream.
Things never happen on accident. They happen because you have a vision, you have a commitment, you have a dream.
The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.
The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.
Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors.
Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
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.
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.
Every day you have to reinvent yourself.
Every day you have to reinvent yourself.
I want to make clothes that people will wear, not styles that will make a big splash on the runway.
I want to make clothes that people will wear, not styles that will make a big splash on the runway.
Walk like you have three men walking behind you.
Walk like you have three men walking behind you.
The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.
The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.

12 Wise Oscar de la Renta Quotes on Fashion and Style

Being well dressed hasn’t much to do with having good clothes. It’s a question of good balance and good common sense.
Being well dressed hasn’t much to do with having good clothes. It’s a question of good balance and good common sense.
The well-dressed man never stands out in a crowd; his elegance sets him apart.
The well-dressed man never stands out in a crowd; his elegance sets him apart.
My job as a designer is to make a woman feel her very best.
My job as a designer is to make a woman feel her very best.
Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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.
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.
I do not have one theme for each season. I just try to make beautiful clothes all year round.
I do not have one theme for each season. I just try to make beautiful clothes all year round.
Elegance is an old word. A lot of anonymous girls walking along the street have a style of their own.
Elegance is an old word. A lot of anonymous girls walking along the street have a style of their own.
If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.
If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.
I always say: To be well dressed, you must be well naked.
I always say: To be well dressed, you must be well naked.

5 Oscar de la Renta Quotes on Women

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.
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.
What women have achieved in the last 50 years, I wish men would have achieved in the last 100.
What women have achieved in the last 50 years, I wish men would have achieved in the last 100.
A woman today knows that the power of her femininity is very important.
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.
There is no sound more feminine than a woman in a taffeta dress.
Now is the most exciting time in fashion. Women are controlling their destiny now, the consumer is more knowledgable, and I have to be better every single day.
Now is the most exciting time in fashion. Women are controlling their destiny now, the consumer is more knowledgable, and I have to be better every single day.

8 Inspirational Oscar de la Renta Quotes on Life and Success

Luxury to me is not about buying expensive things; it's about living in a way where you appreciate things.
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.
Work hard. Believe in yourself. It’s not the publicity that sells the clothes, it’s the woman.
It’s not about what you wear, but about how you live your life.
It’s not about what you wear, but about how you live your life.
I'm a very restless person. I'm always doing something. The creative process never stops.
I’m a very restless person. I’m always doing something. The creative process never stops.
There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
I love to compete. And rules were made to be broken.
I love to compete. And rules were made to be broken.
Silk does for the body what diamonds do for the hand.
Silk does for the body what diamonds do for the hand.
My great strength is knowing who I am and where I come from - my island.
My great strength is knowing who I am and where I come from – my island.

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