129 Quotes by Oscar de la Renta

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.

Fashion is a trend, style is within a person.

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

The essence of style is how you live your life.

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

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.

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

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

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.