I hate pretty. Itβs a very empty word. It gives a bad name to beauty.
Oscar De La RentaRead
I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.
Interpretation
Being confident in oneself is the foundation of style and dressing well.
Oscar De La Renta's quote emphasizes the importance of confidence and self-acceptance in personal style. It suggests that in order to truly dress well, one must first feel good about themselves and embrace their own body, implying that fashion is an extension of one's self-image and attitude.
In practice
This quote can be used during a fashion seminar to highlight the importance of self-confidence.
I hate pretty. Itβs a very empty word. It gives a bad name to beauty.
Love. Be curious. Always try to do your best.
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.
The essence of style is how you live your life
Be the designer of your own destiny.
Fashion is a trend, style is within a person.
When I started, I knew nothing about fashion. I remember, my first day going to my agency, I was wearing these huge bell-bottoms - they were patchwork corduroy and denim, which, at the time, I thought were amazing. My agent told me, 'You have a casting with Prada - you have to burn those jeans.'
Clothes are status signifiers, and no matter how restrained, they always give you subtle symbols of what your values are.
The thing I always try to remember is that feet are attached to the leg, and that you must prolong the silhouette. The shoe elongates the leg and does it discreetly. The goal is to get people to look at a woman's legs. It's all about the leg. No, it's not about the leg. It's about the woman.
I always wear what I'm comfortable in. If one designer doesn't like what I'm wearing, the next one will.
I've had my own moments in front of designers when I've actually said, 'You know, there's a market here for expanding your work, and here it is. And frankly, there are two markets: The women who are larger than the 12, and then there are women who are petite. And most designers that I talk to have absolutely no interest in addressing either of those populations, which I find repugnant.
It's not true that clothes look better on skinny girls; what counts is the attitude.
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