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I hate pretty. It’s a very empty word. It gives a bad name to beauty.
Oscar de la Renta
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Oscar de la Renta
Age: 82 †
Born: 1932
Born: July 22
Died: 2014
Died: October 20
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Dominican Republic
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I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.
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I come from a very warm island, where colors are very important, very vibrant, and obviously the color has been an influence on my work.
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One should travel as light as possible. I can organize myself to go on a ten-day trip with just hand luggage.
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I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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I don't really know how to do casual clothes.
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When I was a boy, I thought scent was contained in dewdrops on flowers and if I got up very early in the morning, I could collect it and make perfume.
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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.
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Things never happen on accident. They happen because you have a vision, you have a commitment, you have a dream.
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The most important beauty is not that with which you were born, but the beauty of character which grows through a woman's life and maybe never stops growing.
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If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.
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As far as preference between fall and spring collections, I have none that I prefer to design. With fall you have a lot more items, but of course I am from the Dominican Republic, so I love the warm weather.
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Luxury to me is not about buying expensive things it's about living in a way where you appreciate things.
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Elegance is a discipline of life.
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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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Excess is not really something I consider a bad thing especially when you are talking about living.
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