Oscar de la Renta
Oscar de la Renta
Óscar Arístides Renta Fiallo, known professionally as Oscar de la Renta, was a Dominican-American fashion designer. Born in Santo Domingo, he was trained by Cristóbal Balenciaga and Antonio del Castillo. De la Renta became internationally known in the 1960s as one of the couturiers who dressed Jacqueline Kennedy. An award-winning designer, he worked for Lanvin and Balmain. His eponymous fashion house continues to dress leading figures, from film stars to royalty...
NationalityDominican
ProfessionDesigner
Date of Birth22 July 1932
CountryDominica
Oscar de la Renta quotes about
I like light, color, luminosity. I like things full of color and vibrant.
I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked
I'm a very restless person. I'm always doing something. The creative process never stops.
I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.
I do not have one theme for each season, I just try to make beautiful clothes all year round.
My approach is that fashion must always be optimistic, and that a woman will always be enticed by beautiful clothes.
Although I have no plans to tweet, I am fascinated by developments on the Internet.
I don't really know how to do casual clothes
Women think black is the most flattering color, but they're wrong. Pink adds a cosmetic-like radiance and warmth. Black drains the skin of color; pink delights the eye.
I’m a happy fellow. I feel very privileged, lucky, that I have had a wonderful life. And that I have been always allowed to do what I love,
Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.
My entire concept of lifestyle is built on the foundation of my homes. There is no more important expression of this concept than that of my own personal living space.
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.