Top 90 Oscar de la Renta Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Be the designer of your own destiny.”

— Oscar de la Renta

2. “Every day you have to reinvent yourself.”

— Oscar de la Renta

3. “My great strength is knowing who I am and where I come from – my island.”

— Oscar de la Renta

4. “Luxury to me is not about buying expensive things; it’s about living in a way where you appreciate things.”

— Oscar de la Renta

5. “Things never happen on accident. They happen because you have a vision, you have a commitment, you have a dream.”

— Oscar de la Renta

6. “Walk like you have three men walking behind you.”

— Oscar de la Renta

7. “You have to appreciate every single day that you’re alive. Life is a little bit like a garden – you have to find time to plant the seeds for beautiful flowers to grow.”

— Oscar de la Renta

8. “Style begins by looking good naked. It’s a discipline. And if you don’t dress well every day, you lose the habit. It’s not about what you wear, but about how you live your life.”

— Oscar de la Renta

9. “Elegance is a discipline of life.”

— Oscar de la Renta

10. “Style begins by looking good naked.”

— Oscar de la Renta

11. “Silk does for the body what diamonds do for the hand.”

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12. “Fashion is a trend, style is within a person.”

— Oscar de la Renta

13. “The essence of style is how you live your life.”

— Oscar de la Renta

14. “The well dressed man never stands out in a crowd; his elegance sets him apart.”

— Oscar de la Renta

15. “A fragrance is like a signature, so that even after a woman leaves the room, her fragrance should reveal she’s been there.”

— Oscar de la Renta

16. “Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.”

— Oscar de la Renta

17. “My job as a designer is to make a woman feel her very best.”

— Oscar de la Renta

18. “If you don’t move, you get stale.”

— Oscar de la Renta

19. “Love. Be curious. Always try to do your best.”

— Oscar de la Renta

20. “The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.”

— Oscar de la Renta

21. “A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.”

— Oscar de la Renta

22. “Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.”

— Oscar de la Renta

23. “You don’t need an introduction to succeed in life. You need to have good work. Work hard. Believe in yourself.”

— Oscar de la Renta

24. “I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.”

— Oscar de la Renta

25. “Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.”

— Oscar de la Renta

26. “The most important thing? Perfect lighting at all times.”

— Oscar de la Renta

27. “And smile, you know I always tell the girls to smile because I hate sad faces.”

— Oscar de la Renta

28. “I love to live well, I love to eat well, I love to buy beautiful things, and to give a fantastic time to my friends.”

— Oscar de la Renta

29. “I was surrounded by sisters. My childhood was all women.”

— Oscar de la Renta

30. “My customers are successful workingwomen.”

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31. “Excess is not really something I consider a bad thing; especially when you are talking about living.”

— Oscar de la Renta

32. “The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.”

— Oscar de la Renta

33. “A woman today knows that the power of her femininity is very important.”

— Oscar de la Renta

34. “In fashion, the most important thing is to move on.”

— Oscar de la Renta

35. “I do not have one theme for each season, I just try to make beautiful clothes all year round.”

— Oscar de la Renta

36. “It’s not about what you wear, but about how you live your life.”

— Oscar de la Renta

37. “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.”

— Oscar de la Renta

38. “The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.”

— Oscar de la Renta

39. “The only realities in life are that you are born, and that you die. We always think we are going to live forever. The dying aspect we will never accept. The one thing about having this kind of warning is how you appreciate every single day of life.”

— Oscar de la Renta

40. “I like light, color, luminosity. I like things full of color and vibrant.”

— Oscar de la Renta

41. “Work hard. Believe in yourself. It’s not the publicity that sells the clothes, it’s the woman.”

— Oscar de la Renta

42. “I hate pretty. It’s a very empty word. It gives a bad name to beauty.”

— Oscar de la Renta

43. “If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.”

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44. “The most important beauty is not that with which you were born, but the beauty of character which grows through a woman’s life and maybe never stops growing.”

— Oscar de la Renta

45. “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.”

— Oscar de la Renta

46. “A runway is spectacle. It’s only fashion when a woman puts it on.”

— Oscar de la Renta

47. “I always think the best way to dress is when the person notices you first and the dress after.”

— Oscar de la Renta

48. “Working for incredible talents like Balenciaga and Antonio Castillo, I learned about the immense skill and creativity involved in couture work.”

— Oscar de la Renta

49. “Any girl from any walk of life dreams of that special dress, and I try to make that dream a reality for her.”

— Oscar de la Renta

50. “I’ve lived every day to the fullest, and I’ve had a marvelous time. I’ve tried to be nice to the people I care about, and ignore the ones I don’t. I enjoy what I’ve done.”

— Oscar de la Renta