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# Oscar de la Renta's Life in Photos

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![de la Renta del Rio](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1294741244bf7387/698761eccd1bba5d676f2bd9/oscar-de-la-renta-15.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=3:2)

Fashion designer Oscar de la Renta and actress Dolores del Rio are shown at the Casita Maria Benefit dinner at the Pierre Hotel in New York, May 7, 1981, where the two were honored for their work for the Casita Maria settlement house which serves the Hispanic and black communities in Harlem and the Bronx. (AP Photo)

Fashion designer Oscar de la Renta and actress Dolores del Rio are shown at the Casita Maria Benefit dinner at the Pierre Hotel in New York, May 7, 1981, where the two were honored for their work for the Casita Maria settlement house which serves the Hispanic and black communities in Harlem and the Bronx. (AP Photo)Bocklet—ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Oscar de La Renta passed away Tuesday at the age of 82\. Born in the Dominican Republic, the iconic fashion designer first became famous in the 1960s for dressing Jackie Kennedy, and since then has designed outfits for several First Ladies as well as the cream of Hollywood society. Take a look back at his life in pictures.

![de la Renta del Rio](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte58759583b3dca31/698761f1428a9e3768cc4a77/oscar-de-la-renta-151.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp)

Fashion designer Oscar de la Renta and actress Dolores del Rio are shown at the Casita Maria Benefit dinner at the Pierre Hotel in New York, May 7, 1981. Bocklet—AP

![1988 Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81f7a52ff8b044fa/698761ed524fc0ae29de9f9d/oscar-de-la-renta-021.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp)

Audrey Hepburn and Oscar de la Renta during the 1988 Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Ron Galella—WireImage/Getty Images

![Portrait Of Oscar De La Renta](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt698cdb3aee356a46/698761ef35ba6f260dc0492e/oscar-de-la-renta-091.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp)

Oscar de la Renta in his studio in the Garment District in New York City in 1988. Rose Hartman—Getty Images

![Oscar De La Renta](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0afa6079591e860/698761ed428a9e4159cc4a6a/oscar-de-la-renta-041.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp)

Oscar De La Renta with Sesame Street's Cookie Monster. Time & Life Picture Collection/Getty Images

![Brooke Astor's 90th Birthday Celebration](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt729a48bc40cb9c4f/698761edf887dc6798e87a34/oscar-de-la-renta-031.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp)

Oscar de la Renta and Barbara Walters attend Brooke Astor's 90th Birthday Celebration on March 5, 1992 at the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York City. Ron Galella—WireImage/Getty Images

![OSCAR DE LA RENTA](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3bf1d113d22f05c4/698761ee428a9e82e4cc4a6e/oscar-de-la-renta-061.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp)

Oscar de la Renta is cheered by models at the end of the Pierre Balmain 1996 Spring-Summer haute couture show in Paris on Jan 24, 1996. Lionel Cironneau—AP

![Oscar de la Renta is flanked by models Iman \(left\) and Eugen](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0b2d75512b9daed/698761eea988ca760c6a9f0e/oscar-de-la-renta-051.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp)

Oscar de la Renta is flanked by models Iman (left) and Eugenia at a party at the Copacabana to launch his new perfume in September 1997. Richard Corkery—NY Daily News Archive Getty Images


![amfAR Benefit Evening Honoring Richard Gere, Lorne Michaels and Anna Wintour - Party](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdc7ea455c9caa8df/698761ee06f2c18c573317ea/oscar-de-la-renta-081.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp)

Hillary Clinton, Anna Wintour and Oscar de la Renta attend AmfAR in 2003. Jeff Vespa—WireImage/Getty Images

![Olympus Fashion Week Fall 2005 - Heart Truth Red Dress Collection - Backstage and Runway](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d167a393f100f4b/698761f035ba6f842dc04932/oscar-de-la-renta-111.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp)

Oscar De La Renta with Elizabeth Nabel, First Lady Laura Bush, and Carolina Herrera at the Heart Truth Red Dress Collection fashion show. Stephen Lovekin—FilmMagic/Getty Images

![Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2004 - Oscar de la Renta - Front Row and Backstage](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64e706641902b25a/698761efcd68485579097397/oscar-de-la-renta-101.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp)

Anna Wintour and Oscar de la Renta during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2004 at Bryant Park in New York City, New York. Dimitrios Kambouris—WireImage/Getty Images


![Oscar de la Renta FNO Party Co-Hosted by Barbara Walters & Bette Midler](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8938bfdc16596778/698761f2e20a87376ea8295a/oscar-de-la-renta-17.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp)

Sarah Jessica Parker, Barbara Walters, Oscar de la Renta and Bette Midler attend the Oscar de la Renta Fashion's Night Out party at the Oscar de la Renta Boutique on September 10, 2009 in New York City. Kevin Mazur—Getty Images

!["American Woman: Fashioning A National Identity" Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Arrivals](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ac524ba37126d0c/698761f2cd1bba4de66f2be4/oscar-de-la-renta-18.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp)

Oscar de la Renta and Oprah Winfrey attend the Costume Institute Gala Benefit to celebrate the opening of the "American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity" exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 3, 2010 in New York City. Dimitrios Kambouris—FilmMagic/Getty Images

![The 2012 Couture Council For The Museum At FIT Award For Artistry Of Fashion To Oscar De La Renta](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt108b61fcebb4f152/698761f055a859a5b8a8358f/oscar-de-la-renta-121.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp)

Actress Sarah Jessica Parker and Designer Oscar de la Renta attend the 2012 Couture Council for the Museum at FIT Award for Artistry of Fashion to Oscar de la Renta at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on September 5, 2012 in New York City. Jamie McCarthy—Getty Images


![2014 Medal Carnegie Hall Of Excellence Gala Honoring Oscar De La Renta - Concert](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt21d65058f00cda4a/698761f0f887dc6d1ae87a3d/oscar-de-la-renta-131.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp)

Designer Oscar de la Renta and Michael R. Bloomberg attend the 2014 Carnegie Hall Medal Of Excellence Gala Honoring Oscar De La Renta at The Plaza Hotel on April 24, 2014 in New York City. Brad Barket—Getty Images

![Oscar De La Renta - Runway - Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2015](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf323e4698b216cac/698761f1f887dcfb55e87a41/oscar-de-la-renta-161.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp)

Oscar de la Renta and model Karlie Kloss, left, walk the runway at the Oscar De La Renta fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2015 on September 9, 2014 in New York City. Slaven Vlasic—Getty Images

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