As I Continue To Mature And Navigate

I Had This Wonderful Career And Thought I Would Retire As A Teacher.

I'm So Lucky. I've Met A Lot Of Famous People.

What's Interesting About Textiles Is That They Are Determined About Three Seasons In Advance, That's Why When You Walk Into A Store You Think "gee, Everything Looks About The Same."

I Have A Very Socratic Approach - I Pummel The Designers With Questions, So When I Get Them To Step Back From The Work And Look At It With Me, They'll Eventually See What I See, Coming To It Fresh And Unencumbered. That's Always Very Gratifying Because They Feel A Responsibility And An Ownership Of A Solution.

The Color, The Shape, And The Texture--none Of It Is Accidental. Every Item We Wear Has A Glorious (or Sometimes Not So Glorious) History, And That History Extends Back Years--centuries, Even--before Oscar De La Renta's 2002 Collection.