About Oscar de la Renta

Oscar de la Renta

Óscar Arístides Renta Fiallo was a Dominican fashion designer. Born in Santo Domingo, he was trained by Cristóbal Balenciaga and Antonio del Castillo; he became internationally known in the 1960s as one of the couturiers to dress Jacqueline Kennedy. An award-winning designer, he worked for Lanvin and Balmain; his eponymous fashion house continues... Wikipedia

Born: July 22, 1932, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Died: October 20, 2014, Kent, Connecticut, U.S.

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Oscar de la Renta Quotes

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

~ Oscar de la Renta

Interview with Elle

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

~ Oscar de la Renta

Interview with AP, 2004

What is Oscar de la Renta? It’s a pretty dress.

~ Oscar de la Renta

2009

Every season I am inspired by women.

~ Oscar de la Renta

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

~ Oscar de la Renta

Fashion, like any other business, is a learning process. Every day you learn something new. I always say that the day I’ve learned everything I have to learn, then I have to stop working.

~ Oscar de la Renta

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

~ Oscar de la Renta

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

~ Oscar de la Renta

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

~ Oscar de la Renta

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

~ Oscar de la Renta

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

~ Oscar de la Renta

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

~ Oscar de la Renta

I love now and tomorrow. What I did in the past doesn't interest me.

~ Oscar de la Renta

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

~ Oscar de la Renta

I have the memory of a mosquito.

~ Oscar de la Renta

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

~ Oscar de la Renta

My customers are successful workingwomen.

~ Oscar de la Renta

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.

~ Oscar de la Renta

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.

~ Oscar de la Renta

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.

~ Oscar de la Renta

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

~ Oscar de la Renta

The most abused word in the world is 'retirement.' Every single day for me is a learning process. Why should I stop doing something that brings me so much pleasure?

~ Oscar de la Renta

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

~ Oscar de la Renta

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

~ Oscar de la Renta

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.

~ Oscar de la Renta

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.

~ Oscar de la Renta

Yes, I had cancer. Right now, I am totally clean. 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.

~ Oscar de la Renta