World-Renowned Fashion Designer Oscar de la Renta Dies Aged 82
World-Renowned Fashion Designer Oscar de la Renta Dies Aged 82
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Designer Oscar de la Renta attends 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
World-renowned fashion designer Oscar de la Renta passed away Monday at the age of 82.
He died after a long battle with cancer, with which he was diagnosed in 2006, ABC News reports.
De la Renta is famous for designing red-carpet gowns for the cream of A-list celebrities over the past 50 years.
He first became known internationally in the 1960s when he dressed Jackie Kennedy, and since then continued to cater for several First Ladies as well as Hollywood’s top stars. Michelle Obama wore him for the first time ever a couple weeks ago, and he also designed Amal Clooney’s wedding dress.
De la Renta was born in the Dominican Republic to an influential family, but left his homeland aged 18 to study painting in Spain. It was there that he became interested in fashion designing, and after an apprenticeship with designer Cristobal Balenciaga, he moved to Paris and worked in several French fashion houses.
In 1965, he launched his ready-to wear label and his work since then has made him a legend in the fashion world.
He is survived by his second wife, Annette, and adopted son, Moises.
Oscar de la Renta’s Life in Photos
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—APAudrey 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 ImagesOscar de la Renta in his studio in the Garment District in New York City in 1988.Rose Hartman—Getty ImagesOscar De La Renta with Sesame Street's Cookie Monster.Time & Life Picture Collection/Getty ImagesOscar 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 ImagesOscar 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—APOscar 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 ImagesHillary Clinton, Anna Wintour and Oscar de la Renta attend AmfAR in 2003.Jeff Vespa—WireImage/Getty ImagesOscar 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 ImagesAnna 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 ImagesSarah 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 ImagesOscar 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 ImagesActress 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 ImagesDesigner 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 ImagesOscar 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
