When it comes to beats girlfriend, Oscar de la Renta is the man of the moment after Alamuddin Amal chose to design her dress for her wedding to George Clooney in Venice last month. Not surprisingly Amal silhouette gown a line off the shoulder with a floral lace overlay (Alamuddin boasted Chantilly Lace 14 meters) informed much of the last line of the drop in revenues. Oscar de la Renta is a fashion designer born in the Dominican Republic in 1932 Displaying an early aptitude for art, Oscar went to Spain to study painting at the Academy of San Fernando in Madrid .
Fascinated by the Spanish culture and a growing fashion design interest, Oscar began drawing for fashion houses and got a job with a leading couturier, Cristobal Balenciaga. In 1960, he moved to Paris and worked as a couture assistant at Lanvin. After working in the glamorous world of high fashion for several years, the business sense of Oscar took him in the direction of prêt-à-porter.
He went to America in 1963, taking a position with Elizabeth Arden (then produced fashion and cosmetics.) In 1965, after gaining some industry recognition through his work in Arden, Oscar was ready to launch her own fashion house. Oscar Fund in the Dominican Republic and his experience in the couture houses of Paris and Madrid are expressed in unique, colorful and feminine ways offering luxurious fabrics and attention to detail. The house underwent an immediate success, and won Oscar awards 1967 and 1968 Critics’ Coty American Fashion.
He was inducted into the Coty Hall of Fame in 1973, and that same year, a three-year period began as Chairman of Fashion Designers of America. He also played with shorter looks; tea length cotton dress eyelet silk faille trumpet gown with cut hem adds a youthful charm. And for brides who want to infuse tradition with a small boat homespun imitation de la Renta showed a filigree party dress embroidered macrame with long detachable sleeves …!
