An Oscar de la Renta ball gown and an image that so well evoke the beauty and fantasy the designer’s creations often inspired.
“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.”
“Elegance is a discipline of life”.
“Walk like you have three men walking behind you.”
“Being well dressed hasn’t much to do with having good clothes. It’s a question of good balance and good common sense.”
Oscar de la Renta (1932-2014)
photo: Mario Testino for Vogue US, November 2008 | Natalia Vodianova wearing an Oscar de la Renta dress in the editorial “Field of Dreams”
Honestly, I was always more interested in the designer and his homes than in his design. It was always too fancy somehow for my taste and in line with my lifestyle. But I still remember this marigold silk taffeta gown from his spring 2012 collection that I absolutely loved and would have bought had I had any need for it and my budget would have allowed it ;- )
I can’t say he was one of my favourite designers, especially that, as you say, his designs didn’t exactly emulate my personal style either. But I have always placed him in that category of fashion that has the ability to feed your fantasy from time to time – his evening gowns did that. Some of them were stunning, like the one worn by Amy Adams to the Oscars 2013 Vanity Fair party