FASHION DESIGNER

Oscar de la Renta

1932 - 2014

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Óscar Arístides Renta Fiallo (22 July 1932 – 20 October 2014), known professionally as Oscar de la Renta, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oscar de la Renta is the 23rd most popular fashion designer (down from 21st in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Dominican Republic (down from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular Dominican Fashion Designer.

Oscar de la Renta is most famous for his evening wear.

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Among FASHION DESIGNERS

Among fashion designers, Oscar de la Renta ranks 23 out of 51Before him are Mary Quant, Charles Frederick Worth, Yohji Yamamoto, Tom Ford, John Galliano, and Kenzō Takada. After him are Vera Wang, Thierry Mugler, Paul Poiret, Rose Bertin, Gianfranco Ferré, and Madeleine Vionnet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Oscar de la Renta ranks 121Before him are Tatsuya Nakadai, Piper Laurie, Geraldine McEwan, Manuel Puig, Michael Smith, and John G. Thompson. After him are Meir Kahane, Stuart Hall, Mustafa Tlass, Dieter Rams, Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, and Rodion Shchedrin. Among people deceased in 2014, Oscar de la Renta ranks 90Before him are B. K. S. Iyengar, Siegfried Lenz, Gabriel Axel, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Alice Herz-Sommer, and Ben Bradlee. After him are Stuart Hall, Gottfried John, Ralph H. Baer, Valeri Kubasov, Christopher Jones, and Ignatius Zakka I Iwas.

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In Dominican Republic

Among people born in Dominican Republic, Oscar de la Renta ranks 4 out of 51Before him are Rafael Trujillo (1891), Théodore Chassériau (1819), and Joaquín Balaguer (1906). After him are Hatuey (1478), Juan Pablo Duarte (1813), Maria Montez (1912), Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez (1936), Danilo Medina (1951), Leonel Fernández (1953), Máximo Gómez (1836), and Héctor Trujillo (1908).

Among FASHION DESIGNERS In Dominican Republic

Among fashion designers born in Dominican Republic, Oscar de la Renta ranks 1