Kent, Connecticut: Oscar de la Renta,acclaimed Dominican-American legendary fashion designer,who spent half a century putting high society in haute couture, died on Oct. 20,2014 at his home in Kent. He was 82. He was best known as Sultan Of Suave .
Name : Oscar Aristides de la Renta Fiallo
Age : 82 (Jul.22,1932 - Oct. 20, 2014)
Family : 1st wife - Françoise de Langlade (married 1967; her death 1983);
Achievement :Design Award
Coty Award(1967 and 1968)
Coty Hall of Fame(1973)
Council of Fashion Designers Designer of the Year Award (2000 and 2007)
CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award (1990)
by King Juan Carlos of Spain
Other Award
International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame (1973)
by Dominican Republic
Casa del Niño orphanage in La Romana (Founder)
Ambassador-at-Large of the Dominican Republic
Queen Sofia Spanish Institute (Chairman)
Reactions of Oscar de la Renta Towards Cancer.....
—By Oscar de la Renta,2006 at CFDA
Coty Award(1967 and 1968)
Coty Hall of Fame(1973)
Council of Fashion Designers Designer of the Year Award (2000 and 2007)
CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award (1990)
Order of Civil Merit
Gold Medal of Bellas Artes & La Gran Cruz de la Orden del Mérito Civilby King Juan Carlos of Spain
Legion of Honour
Legion d'honneur as a Commandeur by French governmentOther Award
International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame (1973)
Ribbon bar of the order
Order of Merit of Duarte, Sanchez and Mella & the Order of Christopher Columbusby Dominican Republic
Casa del Niño orphanage in La Romana (Founder)
Ambassador-at-Large of the Dominican Republic
Queen Sofia Spanish Institute (Chairman)
Fashion Collections
Reactions of Oscar de la Renta Towards Cancer.....
"Yes, I had cancer. Right now, I am totally clean.
The only realities in life are that you are born, and that you die.
We always think we are going to live forever.
The dying aspect we will never accept.
The one thing about having this kind of warning is
how you appreciate every single day of life ".
The only realities in life are that you are born, and that you die.
We always think we are going to live forever.
The dying aspect we will never accept.
The one thing about having this kind of warning is
how you appreciate every single day of life ".
—By Oscar de la Renta,2006 at CFDA
Reactions to Oscar de la Renta's Death.....
"We will always remember him as the man
who made women look and feel beautiful".
who made women look and feel beautiful".
—By Laura Bush,former first lady
"He was a true,true gentlemen,in the truest sense of the
word--a real bright light--and this is just a terrible,
terrible loss for the fashion world"
—Alina Cho,fashion journalist & editor at Random House