I was very saddened to learn of yesterday’s passing of legendary fashion designer Oscar de la Renta, aged 82. The late designer was truly an inspiration and one of the classiest and most elegant gentlemen in fashion. In tribute, here are ten of my many favorite quotes from the significant fashion spearhead.
“You have to walk like you have three men walking behind you.”
“I hate pretty. It’s a very empty word. It gives a bad name to beauty.”
“Never, ever confuse what happens on a runway with fashion. A runway is spectacle.”
“I want to make clothes that people will wear, not styles that will make a big splash on the runway.”
“My job as a designer is to make a woman feel her best.”
“I don’t really know how to do casual clothes.”
“Being well dressed hasn’t much to do with having good clothes. It’s a question of good balance and good common sense.”
“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.”
“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 [cancer] is how you appreciate every single day of life.”
“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.”
What a talent we lost. Rest in peace.
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