Oscar de la Renta Quotes

For me, style is essentially doing things well. If you want to be outrageous, be outrageous with style. If you want to be restrained, be restrained with style. One can't specifically define style. It's like the perfume to a flower. It's a quality you can't analyze.

I love the idea of couture and its emphasis on creation. There's where I made my name - in design - and there's where I'd like to stay.

My autumn/winter 2011-12 collection embodies the bold and beautiful while reflecting an innovative style and passion for immaculate design. I believe that this collection radiates modern femininity and beauty in its purest form.

Italians know that what matters is style, not fashion. Italian style does not have social or age boundaries.

A custom-tailored suit retains a certain dignity about it.

AERIN is saturated with the qualities that have surrounded me my entire life, many of which came from my grandmother, Estee: passion, style, hard work, family, and, of course, all things beautiful.

I'm always drooling over great design, from fashion to furniture.

The thing that makes my clothes really different is that, number one, they are really great designs; they're not tacky; they are very professional; the design is made from lots of decisions.

The most beautiful products or the most elegant or seductive products, in my mind, are those that tell a story of a process.

I do fashion to tell a narrative.

I think fashion and artistry go hand in hand.

Italian design is a global excellence, on a par with food, culture, cinema, and, more generally, lifestyle.

For style beyond the genius never dares.

Style is doing things not in any way but in the best way.

Scheherezade is easy; a little black dress is difficult.

When it comes to fashion or any high art, you have to have a combination of delicacy, along with taste.

I am interested in the idea of 'taste.' And by 'taste,' I mean opinion, inspiration and the craft of creating a personality through fabric and design.

Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual. When you see a woman in my clothes, you want to know more about them. To me, that is what distinguishes good designers from bad designers.

I think the time is ripe for a return to the refinement of lifestyle that the pocket watch embodies. A personal pleasure that you know you have in your pocket, which requires an elegant gesture to use and show to others.

My obsession is to make women beautiful. When you create with that in mind, things can't go out of fashion.

A little jewellery on a man is OK, although he should never wear too much. Every man should always have a great watch.

I love fashion, beauty, glamour. It's the mark of civilisation.

If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.

I'm a fan of designers and clothes that look beautiful, but more importantly, make me feel beautiful and confident. It's why I've always loved Stella McCartney, and more recently, Prabal Gurung. Their pieces are cool, yet timeless, and the fits are effortlessly flattering.

People who devote themselves to a life of style are admirable.