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
Every season I am inspired by women.
My customers are successful workingwomen.
If you want to establish an international presence you can't do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.
Online media is increasingly influential in fashion.
One should travel as light as possible. I can organize myself to go on a ten-day trip with just hand luggage.
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.
What women have achieved in the last 50 years, I wish men would have achieved in the last 100.
A woman today knows that the power of her femininity is very important.
Nothing says spring like hand-cut flowers.
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.
My approach is that fashion must always be optimistic, and that a woman will always be enticed by beautiful clothes.
You don't need an introduction to succeed in life. You need to have good work. Work hard. Believe in yourself
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.