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
I don't really know how to do casual clothes
Work hard. Believe in yourself. It's not the publicity that sells the clothes, it's the woman.
Every season I am inspired by women.
My job as a designer is to make a woman feel her very best
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.
Fashion is about dressing according to what's fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
I have this complex that if I walk into a place wearing a colorful shirt someone will stop me and say, 'I'm sorry, but the Latin band comes through the other door.'
I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right.
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.
A woman plays such an active role in society. And today, the woman who influences fashion is not that very rich woman who sits at home and polishes her nails. It's the one who works, who is a doer, who does things by dressing. She's very strongly projecting an image of herself as an individual.
I think the greatest reward I have is getting up and going to work each day. I love what I do.
I adore gardening, and whenever I have time off, that is my passion.
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.
The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.