Oscar de la Renta
1932 - 2014
Oscar Aristides Renta Fiallo, known professionally as Oscar de la Renta was one of the most renowned clothing designers in the world.
De la Renta, the youngest of seven children and the only boy, was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to a Dominican mother of Spanish descent and a Puerto Rican father.
In 1963, he turned to Diana Vreeland, the editor-in-chief of Vogue for advice, saying that what he really wanted was to 'get into ready to wear'. Vreeland replied, "Then go to Arden. At the other place, you will always be eclipsed by the name of Dior".
De la Renta proceeded to work for Arden for two years in New York before he went to work for Jane Derby. When Derby died in August 1965, de la Renta took over the label.
From 1993 to 2002, de la Renta designed the haute couture collection for the house of Balmain, becoming the first Dominican to design for a French couture house. In 2006, the Oscar de la Renta label ventured into bridal wear.
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Oscar de la Renta with Anna Wintour [editor-in-chief of VOGUE]
“There is much being said that his passing yesterday marks the end of an era,” Wintour wrote. “Not true. He was the most democratic man I knew and he would have lived happily and defined any era.”
"His last words to me were 'I love you', and I said 'I love you' back.”
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“Never, ever confuse what happens on a runway with fashion,” Mr. de la Renta once said. “A runway is spectacle. It’s only fashion when a woman puts it on. Being well dressed hasn’t much to do with having good clothes. It’s a question of good balance and good common sense.”
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