Fashion Quotes by Oscar de la Renta

I don't really know how to do casual clothes

— Oscar de la Renta

Elegance is a discipline of life.

— Oscar de la Renta

The essence of style is how you live your life

— Oscar de la Renta

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

— Oscar de la Renta

Fashion is a trend, style is within a person

— Oscar de la Renta

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

— Oscar de la Renta

Walk like you have three men walking behind you.

— Oscar de la Renta

Be the designer of your own destiny.

— Oscar de la Renta

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

— Oscar de la Renta

Nothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body.

— Oscar de la Renta

The well dressed man never stands out in a crowd; his elegance sets him apart.

— Oscar de la Renta

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

— Oscar de la Renta

I would like better to be known as the Godfather of Fashion, with all the implications that that word has.

— 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

I always think the best way to dress is when the person notices you first and the dress after.

— Oscar de la Renta

When a woman falls in love with something so much that she wants to wear it- it is at that point that…

— 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,…

— 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.…

— Oscar de la Renta

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…

— Oscar de la Renta

I have always felt my role as a designer is to do the very best I can for a woman to make…

— Oscar de la Renta

Working for incredible talents like Balenciaga and Antonio Castillo, I learned about the immense skill and creativity involved in couture work.

— 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…

— Oscar de la Renta

I always design my own hats to complete my fashion thought…I like them slightly mad, like this huge black poppy. Right now…

— Oscar de la Renta

As far as preference between fall and spring collections, I have none that I prefer to design. With fall you have a…

— Oscar de la Renta

When I went to see Mrs. Clinton and we talk about the inaugural dress I ask her what would you like to…

— Oscar de la Renta

Today, there is no fashion, really. There are just . . . choices. Women dress today to reveal their personalities. They used…

— Oscar de la Renta

A woman plays such an active role in society. And today, the woman who influences fashion is not that very rich woman…

— Oscar de la Renta

Fashions change and with rare exception are forgotten by the public. But the classic fragrances, like an invisible dress, endure. Fragrance must…

— Oscar de la Renta

It's important to excite the imagination of a woman.

— Oscar de la Renta

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

— Oscar de la Renta

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

— Oscar de la Renta

Online media is increasingly influential in fashion.

— Oscar de la Renta

It’s not about what you wear, but about how you live your life

— Oscar de la Renta

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

— Oscar de la Renta

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

— Oscar de la Renta

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

— 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

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

— Oscar de la Renta

My approach is that fashion must always be optimistic, and that a woman will always be enticed by beautiful clothes.

— Oscar de la Renta

Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.

— Oscar de la Renta