Óscar de la Renta

✶July 22, 1932

†October 20, 2014

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About their life

Óscar Arístides de la Renta y Fiallo was a Dominican fashion designer. Born in Santo Domingo, he was trained by Cristóbal Balenciaga and Antonio del Castillo. De la Renta became internationally known in the 1960s as one of the couturiers who dressed Jacqueline Kennedy. He worked for Lanvin and Balmain. His eponymous fashion house has boutiques around the world, and is headquartered on Madison Avenue in Manhattan.

Dominican clothing designer (1932–2014)

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Biography from the article Óscar de la Renta on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.