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 do not have one theme for each season, I just try to make beautiful clothes all year round.
Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
I was surrounded by sisters. My childhood was all women.
My approach is that fashion must always be optimistic, and that a woman will always be enticed by beautiful clothes.
Nothing says spring like hand-cut flowers.
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.
It's important to excite the imagination of a woman.
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
My customers are successful workingwomen.
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.
My wife said I look like a Latin American dictator. I said, 'That's what I am'
Excess is not really something I consider a bad thing; especially when you are talking about living.
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,