Oscar de la Renta Quotes About Fashion
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In fashion, the most important thing is to move on.
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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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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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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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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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Online media is increasingly influential in fashion.
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A woman plays such an active role in society. And today, the woman who influences fashion is not that very rich woman who sits at home and polishes her nails. It's the one who works, who is a doer, who does things by dressing. She's very strongly projecting an image of herself as an individual.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
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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.
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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.
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A runway is spectacle. It’s only fashion when a woman puts it on.
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Elegance is a discipline of life.
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Walk like you have three men walking behind you.
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The Council of Fashion Designers of America is a national neurotic society of creative leaders in various fields of fashion.
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My approach is that fashion must always be optimistic, and that a woman will always be enticed by beautiful clothes.
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Fashion is about dressing according to what's fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.
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It's important to excite the imagination of a woman.
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