Born 1932 in Santo Domingo, Dominican fashion designer Oscar de la Renta was trained by Cristóbal Balenciaga and Antonio del Castillo. He became internationally known in the 1960s as one of the couturiers who dressed Jacqueline Kennedy.
Fashion designs by Oscar de la Renta in the 1960s
De la Renta worked for Lanvin and Balmain. His eponymous fashion house has boutiques around the world including in Harrods of London and Madison Avenue in New York.
In 1991, de la Renta was the recipient of the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement. In 2014, de la Renta was the recipient of the Carnegie Hall Medal of Excellence. In 2017, de la Renta was honored by the United States Postal Service with an eleven stamp series, featuring a black and white photo of him and ten details from his fashion designs.
De la Renta died of complications from cancer in 2014, at his home in Kent, Connecticut, at the age of 82. These fabulous photos captured portraits of classic beauties wearing fashion designs by Oscar de la Renta in the 1960s.
Bettina Lauer in a pale jade silk gabardine evening dress, generously encrusted with topazy stones by Oscar De La Renta for Jane Derby, earings by Apex Art, hair by Kenneth, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue US, 1965
Kecia Nyman is wearing slit sun goggles by Sea & Ski and chiffon hooded coat by Oscar de la Renta for Elizabeth Arden, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, April 1, 1965
Model (l) in sheer bodice embroidered with butterflies and flowers over a mauve silk gabardine skirt, model (r) in pistachio satin dress under a pearl-gray and pink beaded bolero, by Oscar de la Renta, photo by Bob Richardson, 1965
Model wearing ivory silk crepe dress with halter neckline and deeply slit skirt, by Oscar de la Renta, photo by Henry Clarke, Palmyra, Syria, 1965
Virna Lisi in silk organza floral print dress and shawl by Oscar de la Renta for Elizabeth Arden, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, April 1, 1965
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