Oscar de la Renta - In Remembrance

<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oscar de la Renta, the worldly gentleman designer who shaped the wardrobe of socialites, first ladies and Hollywood stars for more than four decades, has died. He was 82.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">De la Renta died at home [from complications of cancer] Monday evening in Connecticut surrounded by family, friends and "more than a few dogs," according to a handwritten statement signed by his stepdaughter Eliza Reed Bolen and her husband, Alex Bolen. </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Gardening and dancing were among his favorite diversions from work. "I'm a very restless person. I'm always doing something. The creative process never stops," he said.</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/AP8e260fddfe8144aeb8996b1839a773ef.html?KEYWORDS=oscar+de+la+renta" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Fashion designer Oscar de la Renta dies at 82</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">," </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wall Street Journal </i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(October 20, 2014)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are some photos of Oscar de la Renta, his homes and his gardens . . .</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhjp8SfB-Z6wSnoofgG_MWBhwEzNLAmAuOaCfuxHBvbZSu42mFCLN8E8g2MVBdE0B4UAwDnHvBm2ib7kYJ1U85gp_SuhGiONeRnbo6FGwOu9LdUvLNKdC0Hona2NKcPjVR_aVK1T1cTCQ/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowVertical.oscar-de-la-renta-03-portrait.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhjp8SfB-Z6wSnoofgG_MWBhwEzNLAmAuOaCfuxHBvbZSu42mFCLN8E8g2MVBdE0B4UAwDnHvBm2ib7kYJ1U85gp_SuhGiONeRnbo6FGwOu9LdUvLNKdC0Hona2NKcPjVR_aVK1T1cTCQ/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowVertical.oscar-de-la-renta-03-portrait.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Purple petrea in bloom on a stone wall shades De la Renta and two of his dogs."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oscar de la Renta at his home in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, the designer's home country.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Sarah Medford.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2012/oscar-de-la-renta-dominican-republic-garden-slideshow_slideshow_item2_3" target="_blank">Paradise Found</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioyV81e_xte-Qgap1rDSnHLjP48kiL-VexcMPj5Y4il7DMxjlPak-K7XyxIKEXk-EFRNpaoD0DkUhyphenhyphenZfr3g-xF3skXq0En33WUo8evRE979mn6UdR86Rs3ra9-IZplEi2EuFk1a37rruk/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowVertical.oscar-de-la-renta-01-coconut-grove.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioyV81e_xte-Qgap1rDSnHLjP48kiL-VexcMPj5Y4il7DMxjlPak-K7XyxIKEXk-EFRNpaoD0DkUhyphenhyphenZfr3g-xF3skXq0En33WUo8evRE979mn6UdR86Rs3ra9-IZplEi2EuFk1a37rruk/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowVertical.oscar-de-la-renta-01-coconut-grove.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "A grove of coconut palms forms a dense canopy near the water’s edge, with sea grape in the background."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oscar de la Renta's home in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Sarah Medford.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2012/oscar-de-la-renta-dominican-republic-garden-slideshow" target="_blank">Paradise Found</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgH_HYJWTNd55dB6lW_pKqAZzphZEiwU6u_YNXGxZ8Z-dMKxWAGKJGn_f8OH0M6Y1FEH1aqd7sXl2YSYiN7WjbhEjp-vKoHYDajjRE8QhPpuPq2tv_qaHBsoFHa7ThGTE0JQt_8LrHUKo/s1600/item1.rendition.slideshowVertical.oscar-de-la-renta-02-beach.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgH_HYJWTNd55dB6lW_pKqAZzphZEiwU6u_YNXGxZ8Z-dMKxWAGKJGn_f8OH0M6Y1FEH1aqd7sXl2YSYiN7WjbhEjp-vKoHYDajjRE8QhPpuPq2tv_qaHBsoFHa7ThGTE0JQt_8LrHUKo/s1600/item1.rendition.slideshowVertical.oscar-de-la-renta-02-beach.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"From their property in Punta Cana, on the Dominican Republic’s east coast, fashion designer Oscar de la Renta and his wife, Annette, can take in views of beach, breakwater, and the sparkling Caribbean."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oscar de la Renta's home in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Sarah Medford.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2012/oscar-de-la-renta-dominican-republic-garden-slideshow_slideshow_item1_2" target="_blank">Paradise Found</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQDlJSVliabmvpdO1W1bYsKqB1c6ZwfME9SMHYODhR0rpRn9b6Y0ix_2hm2kivAJXlTrdV6595PDbo-K_rFho64NtVekhAdeI3-E0onPSyoV6Dau-RXTWoVSl-NNw7_W1uVLEJBM_QpwY/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowVertical.oscar-de-la-renta-04-gate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQDlJSVliabmvpdO1W1bYsKqB1c6ZwfME9SMHYODhR0rpRn9b6Y0ix_2hm2kivAJXlTrdV6595PDbo-K_rFho64NtVekhAdeI3-E0onPSyoV6Dau-RXTWoVSl-NNw7_W1uVLEJBM_QpwY/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowVertical.oscar-de-la-renta-04-gate.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "A gate framed by a sago palm and blossoming plumbago leads to a courtyard."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oscar de la Renta's home in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Sarah Medford.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2012/oscar-de-la-renta-dominican-republic-garden-slideshow_slideshow_item3_4" target="_blank">Paradise Found</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6QcqtRYYVgDciVyUatnihNZoL-Y38NxlefAOaloyXm7wKgYYP8UgshTxRNl7FLFUFFn4K0kXi-PSQ_TZ7fSZj-vYLSdPSq8lkAJ2_auvIWMndADXwZJSARE15Ikzqq1Xm4cKtoKrsn8/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.oscar-de-la-renta-05-fountain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6QcqtRYYVgDciVyUatnihNZoL-Y38NxlefAOaloyXm7wKgYYP8UgshTxRNl7FLFUFFn4K0kXi-PSQ_TZ7fSZj-vYLSdPSq8lkAJ2_auvIWMndADXwZJSARE15Ikzqq1Xm4cKtoKrsn8/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.oscar-de-la-renta-05-fountain.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"One of De la Renta’s handymen built this limestone fountain, tucked amid fan palms and other vegetation; the tree in the foreground is a calabash."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oscar de la Renta's home in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Sarah Medford.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2012/oscar-de-la-renta-dominican-republic-garden-slideshow_slideshow_item4_5" target="_blank">Paradise Found</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEjq50xHspNXRD2fIkaVW3RgRiyz5gxKfy4GjbbyEdKRUh8ZQibNMjkWrP1cAGo2i3C8Bog60Ep1xnvgLTCSKE6HcqpDhafwJadb5ARVdVrhGuWCspFqf7w3tiINlqE7IpKs48Qoa53rs/s1600/item5.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.oscar-de-la-renta-06-garden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEjq50xHspNXRD2fIkaVW3RgRiyz5gxKfy4GjbbyEdKRUh8ZQibNMjkWrP1cAGo2i3C8Bog60Ep1xnvgLTCSKE6HcqpDhafwJadb5ARVdVrhGuWCspFqf7w3tiINlqE7IpKs48Qoa53rs/s1600/item5.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.oscar-de-la-renta-06-garden.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "An artfully composed garden room features the bristling century plant and variegated agave, both at left; lanky consolea and candelabra euphorbia, at center; and diminutive golden-barrel cactus, throughout."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oscar de la Renta's home in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Sarah Medford.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2012/oscar-de-la-renta-dominican-republic-garden-slideshow_slideshow_item5_6" target="_blank">Paradise Found</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMjsFAzKHfpTB95D3piUD6o3nVcN_HJaaZMay8T5OvPjCaIptDwLK9EYBPWN2HgekoZjhDBxMnnm-JXGfMS_sq7rETuIP2i3cHTRoSYXbea6-DHwJsKprf6v6ED9cEnFJTd0X9f7NXk_Q/s1600/item6.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.oscar-de-la-renta-07-chapel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMjsFAzKHfpTB95D3piUD6o3nVcN_HJaaZMay8T5OvPjCaIptDwLK9EYBPWN2HgekoZjhDBxMnnm-JXGfMS_sq7rETuIP2i3cHTRoSYXbea6-DHwJsKprf6v6ED9cEnFJTd0X9f7NXk_Q/s1600/item6.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.oscar-de-la-renta-07-chapel.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Architect Ernesto Buch designed the De la Rentas’ chapel, which is shrouded in flowering white petrea and flanked by potted syzygium and sago palms."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oscar de la Renta's home in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Sarah Medford.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2012/oscar-de-la-renta-dominican-republic-garden-slideshow_slideshow_item6_7" target="_blank">Paradise Found</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7jQtXUZAbsrWntj8YK2anOEMBhrv5rNaO6r6DbMNpNgDG0UJVKG25kXDpM1LrLbryoRBzyeC0NRlTNXre7AdkmgSXlTrP0cGwpYqGN2Ki3XrZVNBbZf0_FLqlC6AQJmWjXFIv_2B5kI/s1600/item7.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.oscar-de-la-renta-08-shrubs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7jQtXUZAbsrWntj8YK2anOEMBhrv5rNaO6r6DbMNpNgDG0UJVKG25kXDpM1LrLbryoRBzyeC0NRlTNXre7AdkmgSXlTrP0cGwpYqGN2Ki3XrZVNBbZf0_FLqlC6AQJmWjXFIv_2B5kI/s1600/item7.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.oscar-de-la-renta-08-shrubs.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "A century plant, surrounded by sword ferns and palms."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oscar de la Renta's home in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Sarah Medford.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2012/oscar-de-la-renta-dominican-republic-garden-slideshow_slideshow_item7_8" target="_blank">Paradise Found</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbgs-6D1Te4mdGeeKRSR9bgaxd2TS6pMMnyELgIwoDbwlfscn1Dg1uS84wPYy8xLjw_lqoU9_ZBtc8vrVWkCeXbvbMafK6hPvaeCXE7Vbs-Rxe8InL9nZf3q3mn9_ZY4Ox0jOXjTNztQ0/s1600/item8.rendition.slideshowVertical.oscar-de-la-renta-09-century-plant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbgs-6D1Te4mdGeeKRSR9bgaxd2TS6pMMnyELgIwoDbwlfscn1Dg1uS84wPYy8xLjw_lqoU9_ZBtc8vrVWkCeXbvbMafK6hPvaeCXE7Vbs-Rxe8InL9nZf3q3mn9_ZY4Ox0jOXjTNztQ0/s1600/item8.rendition.slideshowVertical.oscar-de-la-renta-09-century-plant.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Mounded shrubs line a garden path."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oscar de la Renta's home in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Sarah Medford.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2012/oscar-de-la-renta-dominican-republic-garden-slideshow_slideshow_item8_9" target="_blank">Paradise Found</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtNogMIcqb-FJkr_wrtjNk9Fv1ZHemLytk3_bAbSsojK3-s8qj1gzeYFhTNTUFFuBgrj2__ueWvZicZRSUlsmwfamWIl7NKPYyH01EUEiF6PcOtGcYgQzKI1Wo38cIjtESNTp5OIsT7NI/s1600/item9.rendition.slideshowVertical.oscar-de-la-renta-10-courtyard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtNogMIcqb-FJkr_wrtjNk9Fv1ZHemLytk3_bAbSsojK3-s8qj1gzeYFhTNTUFFuBgrj2__ueWvZicZRSUlsmwfamWIl7NKPYyH01EUEiF6PcOtGcYgQzKI1Wo38cIjtESNTp5OIsT7NI/s1600/item9.rendition.slideshowVertical.oscar-de-la-renta-10-courtyard.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Painted benches share a gravel courtyard."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oscar de la Renta's home in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Sarah Medford.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2012/oscar-de-la-renta-dominican-republic-garden-slideshow_slideshow_item9_10" target="_blank">Paradise Found</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (2012).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OYUpOrTH2iNozYuPnhd_6Vbo0OTMBT9VvkS_dFPRAk_iTV1dydAyoXdaxZIjq14lSiJyAzKChbV7Luidz2u4G2q-KY0YT9yZc5aZerOrhyjE6PnZm8YVJR7KSg_3GGl0A-feXUhzuPI/s1600/download+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OYUpOrTH2iNozYuPnhd_6Vbo0OTMBT9VvkS_dFPRAk_iTV1dydAyoXdaxZIjq14lSiJyAzKChbV7Luidz2u4G2q-KY0YT9yZc5aZerOrhyjE6PnZm8YVJR7KSg_3GGl0A-feXUhzuPI/s1600/download+(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The fashion world has its fair share of gardeners: Pierre Balmain was known to peddle his garden’s harvest at the local green market; Dries Van Noten tends 60-acres outside of Antwerp. Stateside, Oscar de la Renta and his wife Annette, marry European tradition with American ingenuity at home in Kent, Connecticut, as well as in their own 'Versailles' at Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, where they are pictured."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photographed by François Halard, <i>Vogue</i>, September 2004.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.vogue.com/slideshow/757614/from-the-archives-gardeners-in-vogue-photos/#2" target="_blank">From the Archives: Gardeners in <i>Vogue</i></a>" by Laird Borrelli-Persson.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.vogue.com/" target="_blank">Vogue</a> (June 7, 2013).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwA5FAtxoYNyzLf1_LlMUPFmeSplkeNOl2L6U-wT6R0lybAoeH1ZgGjS0v1HeIS7jx7iC-wrZk3RiZV5H1HP8xUys9c6qIGetDggT-Ydl_mEnRegXcdUBbTHkiK_DwhFTxQILWxeukPv4/s1600/001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwA5FAtxoYNyzLf1_LlMUPFmeSplkeNOl2L6U-wT6R0lybAoeH1ZgGjS0v1HeIS7jx7iC-wrZk3RiZV5H1HP8xUys9c6qIGetDggT-Ydl_mEnRegXcdUBbTHkiK_DwhFTxQILWxeukPv4/s1600/001.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The Cuban architect Ernesto Buch designed the de la Rentas' elegant coral-stone house to evoke the early-16th-century Spanish colonial style."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oscar and Annette de la Renta - Punta Cana, 1998"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vogue-Living-Houses-Gardens-People/dp/0307266222/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413930955&sr=8-1&keywords=vogue+houses+gardens+people" target="_blank">Vogue Living: Houses, Gardens, People</a>  - Hamish Bowles (Alfred A. Knopf, 2007).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhArx34tmlpDZ2LlMI3_gh56Iduc8cICdIW-V40jqDpGQBPnaOEZks955H2o3ZG5M1SexcupX6WqO999z9Unpv9ktG4dvGWGFgAdvtDTrK2ntG29jYPg6TymCFN6CVfEHZcGU20gLODqTo/s1600/008+(4).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhArx34tmlpDZ2LlMI3_gh56Iduc8cICdIW-V40jqDpGQBPnaOEZks955H2o3ZG5M1SexcupX6WqO999z9Unpv9ktG4dvGWGFgAdvtDTrK2ntG29jYPg6TymCFN6CVfEHZcGU20gLODqTo/s1600/008+(4).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"de la Renta found the Spanish mother-of-pearl-inlaid secretary at Rose Cumming's shop in the sixties."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oscar and Annette de la Renta - Punta Cana, 1998"</span><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vogue-Living-Houses-Gardens-People/dp/0307266222/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413930955&sr=8-1&keywords=vogue+houses+gardens+people" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Vogue Living: Houses, Gardens, People</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">  - Hamish Bowles (Alfred A. Knopf, 2007).</span><br /><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUpAZMJLqmzFmu2cf1a_n48m7rnfgAAYJUDamyWNe8xD8z9gEcb_Kr-zhUCdHcvNjTGLIFrwRUwEq7k8wOtQ81TzsWp2bA_vr2fPCBeVDAEZBjY85aLh4xlc0M-1MkAw8NY9949UdrPA/s1600/007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUpAZMJLqmzFmu2cf1a_n48m7rnfgAAYJUDamyWNe8xD8z9gEcb_Kr-zhUCdHcvNjTGLIFrwRUwEq7k8wOtQ81TzsWp2bA_vr2fPCBeVDAEZBjY85aLh4xlc0M-1MkAw8NY9949UdrPA/s1600/007.jpg" width="608" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The coral stone in the chapel (as elsewhere) was supplied by Miguel Pena."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oscar and Annette de la Renta - Punta Cana, 1998"</span><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vogue-Living-Houses-Gardens-People/dp/0307266222/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413930955&sr=8-1&keywords=vogue+houses+gardens+people" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Vogue Living: Houses, Gardens, People</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">  - Hamish Bowles (Alfred A. Knopf, 2007).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherKY73tOorvmQFhUebRHexcaz-JgK6biEZ6_3WWdPLOYZf0ZvBXDELET6ccLA8lumRzFyQ6cZs0g4KUNwF7cxt8EgcppXg0oPrUgmyEBirCRcD9oJWl59Z3E35WXftkPHj9CHsBhnop4/s1600/008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherKY73tOorvmQFhUebRHexcaz-JgK6biEZ6_3WWdPLOYZf0ZvBXDELET6ccLA8lumRzFyQ6cZs0g4KUNwF7cxt8EgcppXg0oPrUgmyEBirCRcD9oJWl59Z3E35WXftkPHj9CHsBhnop4/s1600/008.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The house shortly before weathering Hurricane Georges."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oscar and Annette de la Renta - Punta Cana, 1998"</span><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vogue-Living-Houses-Gardens-People/dp/0307266222/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413930955&sr=8-1&keywords=vogue+houses+gardens+people" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Vogue Living: Houses, Gardens, People</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">  - Hamish Bowles (Alfred A. Knopf, 2007).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWuVz1LHl3xk2Y34MLdoJRRC04TzObkqIQhhkC_uryEKoFiwMA-1GMv9n8J5iVOe5qSW1DrmyuGu_SIdt9obRbeCV8xl7_E5zVIbjPopJMSDyjM_5XS-BlnDh5EsDLdtD8DF6Lx0L1HA/s1600/008+(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWuVz1LHl3xk2Y34MLdoJRRC04TzObkqIQhhkC_uryEKoFiwMA-1GMv9n8J5iVOe5qSW1DrmyuGu_SIdt9obRbeCV8xl7_E5zVIbjPopJMSDyjM_5XS-BlnDh5EsDLdtD8DF6Lx0L1HA/s1600/008+(3).jpg" width="548" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oscar and Annette de la Renta - Punta Cana, 1998"</span><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vogue-Living-Houses-Gardens-People/dp/0307266222/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413930955&sr=8-1&keywords=vogue+houses+gardens+people" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Vogue Living: Houses, Gardens, People</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">  - Hamish Bowles (Alfred A. Knopf, 2007).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4G-t3_TY-l0jspktlUtE4PbpvTQHfLntbaxpH87bYeIhi80PKqq8kG88FCQNoNTOvthx8H_a3V7wPNYZUS-o9OVB14gks1jBo3sP7HEBH0oGKuvJYzelwpXN2AIywGRjHdodCASFY7Y/s1600/007+(5).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4G-t3_TY-l0jspktlUtE4PbpvTQHfLntbaxpH87bYeIhi80PKqq8kG88FCQNoNTOvthx8H_a3V7wPNYZUS-o9OVB14gks1jBo3sP7HEBH0oGKuvJYzelwpXN2AIywGRjHdodCASFY7Y/s1600/007+(5).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You can see the ocean through a courtyard archway." </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oscar and Annette de la Renta - Punta Cana, 1998"</span><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vogue-Living-Houses-Gardens-People/dp/0307266222/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413930955&sr=8-1&keywords=vogue+houses+gardens+people" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Vogue Living: Houses, Gardens, People</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">  - Hamish Bowles (Alfred A. Knopf, 2007).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPCRj2GUWQuiCaMuFzLC_4jCztDdAGNPHs5d319VKEHzH2hS3JzP8tay8oExDyXlSBUIqAmWj3N_QPEfTMX6zv1CSehNndK1_1Q78GlJkP_6ftNIt5Yfk8l1GOFpldoHbR8kpyi6pIHo/s1600/002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPCRj2GUWQuiCaMuFzLC_4jCztDdAGNPHs5d319VKEHzH2hS3JzP8tay8oExDyXlSBUIqAmWj3N_QPEfTMX6zv1CSehNndK1_1Q78GlJkP_6ftNIt5Yfk8l1GOFpldoHbR8kpyi6pIHo/s1600/002.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The mahogany table in the center of the drawing room at Punta Cana was made by Salvador Gonzalez. The Indian dhurrie was first used 30 years ago by Annette in another house."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oscar and Annette de la Renta - Punta Cana, 1998"</span><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vogue-Living-Houses-Gardens-People/dp/0307266222/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413930955&sr=8-1&keywords=vogue+houses+gardens+people" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Vogue Living: Houses, Gardens, People</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">  - Hamish Bowles (Alfred A. Knopf, 2007).</span><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnlKqC_FTwCeMuvG-IuI3coiLEdNlhZYjK0zYohBC091sQ-DX8hrgns1_UQpqioWV1CxuhGEqwrtnIJbpIrwGP7P9n3HuMmnB63Hx9EciYPBhl3LnbidvOKKlzMCelu2dVkq5RS1l1DPY/s1600/992b04c551d1e6c71bbb04a0d306daf6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnlKqC_FTwCeMuvG-IuI3coiLEdNlhZYjK0zYohBC091sQ-DX8hrgns1_UQpqioWV1CxuhGEqwrtnIJbpIrwGP7P9n3HuMmnB63Hx9EciYPBhl3LnbidvOKKlzMCelu2dVkq5RS1l1DPY/s1600/992b04c551d1e6c71bbb04a0d306daf6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Relaxing in the living room of his Casa de Campo home for a 1988 <i>House and Garden</i> story."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970203358704577237573711397012?ref=SB10001424052970203358704577237381943862336#4" target="_blank">Oscar de la Renta's Next Big Act</a>" by Julia Reed.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wsj.com/" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal</a> (February 23, 2012).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioRdwcb3UWmejJuL8tUznylhhSfBwQFgVMm9XLkY49_OeqvHONxMDkGyrArwM9IS-VKR8LGRUPCaMCA4In2UKe_TpJLmNKFKWa_5oST1j6gh8CFXyZn8aRjgTwMkwm9hdRuLQg7UjYSsQ/s1600/6b5d78f62e8edb27856229c7191f032b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioRdwcb3UWmejJuL8tUznylhhSfBwQFgVMm9XLkY49_OeqvHONxMDkGyrArwM9IS-VKR8LGRUPCaMCA4In2UKe_TpJLmNKFKWa_5oST1j6gh8CFXyZn8aRjgTwMkwm9hdRuLQg7UjYSsQ/s1600/6b5d78f62e8edb27856229c7191f032b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"De la Renta (center) with Giovanni Agnelli, Pier Agnelli and his future wife, Annette, in 1989."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970203358704577237573711397012?ref=SB10001424052970203358704577237381943862336#5" target="_blank">Oscar de la Renta's Next Big Act</a>" by Julia Reed.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wsj.com/" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal</a> (February 23, 2012).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHMgxoH4THgid56wYLwG4neC7kZvbPt77XdplFmmUdGtzRHTTxA4uh_tgYWMda4MzACufYMLOC2LxOqdb0KI3qlgYQ7XWOZXVPiM5CcXuttEutz3mwbOsn4Z6hdYwHaZMCKC7YK2mM3AY/s1600/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHMgxoH4THgid56wYLwG4neC7kZvbPt77XdplFmmUdGtzRHTTxA4uh_tgYWMda4MzACufYMLOC2LxOqdb0KI3qlgYQ7XWOZXVPiM5CcXuttEutz3mwbOsn4Z6hdYwHaZMCKC7YK2mM3AY/s1600/download.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oscar and Annette de la Renta at home in Connecticut.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photographed by François Halard, </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vogue</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, December 2008.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.vogue.com/3285461/anna-wintour-remembers-oscar-de-la-renta/" target="_blank">Anna Wintour Remembers Oscar de la Renta</a>" by Anna Wintour.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.vogue.com/" target="_blank">Vogue</a> (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">October 21, 2014).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWdB8j1UaZbp-g5KbqaOtQNJFr6INE3NEVKIkdPv-TkpuIqgu_E8y-PcCX2I9FSGi51qNDju2CTs5u2pbkjevOPaSgK6AvK6Cyztv8eoC-9eHSeOITlL3wpc5dDkPLXKXEfVHwaABS2wU/s1600/HBX-OSCAR-DE-LA-RENTA-GARDENS-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWdB8j1UaZbp-g5KbqaOtQNJFr6INE3NEVKIkdPv-TkpuIqgu_E8y-PcCX2I9FSGi51qNDju2CTs5u2pbkjevOPaSgK6AvK6Cyztv8eoC-9eHSeOITlL3wpc5dDkPLXKXEfVHwaABS2wU/s1600/HBX-OSCAR-DE-LA-RENTA-GARDENS-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kent, Connecticut, garden of Oscar and Annette de la Renta. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo courtesy of Assouline/Oscar de la Renta archives.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/shopping/best/oscar-delarenta-gardens" target="_blank">How To Garden Like Oscar de la Renta</a>" by Sarah Bray.</span><br /><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-iZQHxByhGn-aaPeBCZ9lJpY-UQTS1w7FPWOtQhVj-RI-dAxictjExMeMMdqu0V0loSUJxaeuxZJwqnGPxbTHastFXc4Q55W9zfBs1Tmn5hEdzi8VhbolueSPgx4O_0X23tbdTSdYnzA/s1600/HBX-OSCAR-DE-LA-RENTA-GARDENS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-iZQHxByhGn-aaPeBCZ9lJpY-UQTS1w7FPWOtQhVj-RI-dAxictjExMeMMdqu0V0loSUJxaeuxZJwqnGPxbTHastFXc4Q55W9zfBs1Tmn5hEdzi8VhbolueSPgx4O_0X23tbdTSdYnzA/s1600/HBX-OSCAR-DE-LA-RENTA-GARDENS.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kent, Connecticut, garden of Oscar and Annette de la Renta. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo courtesy of Assouline/Oscar de la Renta archives.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/shopping/best/oscar-delarenta-gardens" target="_blank">How To Garden Like Oscar de la Renta</a>" by Sarah Bray.</span><br /><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEcRSLiLRxvEw2HcVSgXvq6CGw1lv6CCGoaFJvyB43LOzDOYKaFoCC_nKksLcMGG3oMg_Jw1Ngn18b9UMM155WLA0-W-ZS2_CJuXYS4kLrt5vDgteD4AjWIMsBJFnrFZY9115FIRDGh8/s1600/OB-RX310_mag031_G_20120221152013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEcRSLiLRxvEw2HcVSgXvq6CGw1lv6CCGoaFJvyB43LOzDOYKaFoCC_nKksLcMGG3oMg_Jw1Ngn18b9UMM155WLA0-W-ZS2_CJuXYS4kLrt5vDgteD4AjWIMsBJFnrFZY9115FIRDGh8/s1600/OB-RX310_mag031_G_20120221152013.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oscar de la Renta in his apartment on Park Avenue.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Portrait by Christopher Sturman.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203358704577237381943862336" target="_blank">Oscar de la Renta's Next Big Act</a>" by Julia Reed.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wsj.com/" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal</a> (February 23, 2012).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDXbTdTHJZGSFqcINOj7nCnNxKEIqtxtHxUkL50SPQRnrq-ak2wlUXA3FO05rpBlHBIZFsSWAgtF_UvQXSHvkJlFqrLSEaEqdFwT6pfzX_QftJ1TAAVm0KZzr6Q-MuWGIaBzBH5-VuNxk/s1600/004+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDXbTdTHJZGSFqcINOj7nCnNxKEIqtxtHxUkL50SPQRnrq-ak2wlUXA3FO05rpBlHBIZFsSWAgtF_UvQXSHvkJlFqrLSEaEqdFwT6pfzX_QftJ1TAAVm0KZzr6Q-MuWGIaBzBH5-VuNxk/s1600/004+(2).jpg" width="424" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The 17th-century mirror is encrusted with rock-crystal fleurons."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oscar and Annette de la Renta - New York City, 1992"</span><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vogue-Living-Houses-Gardens-People/dp/0307266222/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413930955&sr=8-1&keywords=vogue+houses+gardens+people" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Vogue Living: Houses, Gardens, People</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">  - Hamish Bowles (Alfred A. Knopf, 2007).</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVt_02oHVaAgLuqqVyMvJvkBII0wdmHX5sSeQhqPT8oVVT2JviJaFiYggKtjJeZ-AF3qXY-2YRqQZcoEFYd5GKa1MHe7tadTeTvXVcc82xx_eNzi4GUH-mC2tIIyxT1qZiNWmFRSvsxhs/s1600/10010207_10152309359779876_5561157791049149407_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVt_02oHVaAgLuqqVyMvJvkBII0wdmHX5sSeQhqPT8oVVT2JviJaFiYggKtjJeZ-AF3qXY-2YRqQZcoEFYd5GKa1MHe7tadTeTvXVcc82xx_eNzi4GUH-mC2tIIyxT1qZiNWmFRSvsxhs/s1600/10010207_10152309359779876_5561157791049149407_o.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/oscardelarenta/photos/pb.7722689875.-2207520000.1413905311./10152309359779876/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Image</a> via Facebook page of Oscar de la Renta.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOd48aDmITPWafMQVboClRXknuAcXYv2Ow0C723yP2ONXhzL5QD-i9MGw-Ad3ikquXv7lIZpZQ-yBmm8txoI6Oz8bugtZssVOqiZzcKEJQARwo1DZlQKaBRbQeuuObF2AYsup1G3cDmGQ/s1600/427630_10150576688129876_1352501984_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOd48aDmITPWafMQVboClRXknuAcXYv2Ow0C723yP2ONXhzL5QD-i9MGw-Ad3ikquXv7lIZpZQ-yBmm8txoI6Oz8bugtZssVOqiZzcKEJQARwo1DZlQKaBRbQeuuObF2AYsup1G3cDmGQ/s1600/427630_10150576688129876_1352501984_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oscar de la Renta and Karl Lagerfeld, dancing. Paris, 2002.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo copyright: Donald McPherson.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/oscardelarenta/photos/pb.7722689875.-2207520000.1413906309./10150576688129876/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Image</a> via Facebook page for Oscar de la Renta.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-IelZqRmoqFyvBaa0taIysGWVdoIcHg072jFTMR0XC0UvOxQrvxIZruXa0lP_CSAJbsGpZvl4A3hAJ5WgucpKuKibU05jxuA-8p1AFw33PfefmwEuvmLg7EpQopJ03xDSPSwaJfCy-CU/s1600/1493158_10152072513399876_139562213_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-IelZqRmoqFyvBaa0taIysGWVdoIcHg072jFTMR0XC0UvOxQrvxIZruXa0lP_CSAJbsGpZvl4A3hAJ5WgucpKuKibU05jxuA-8p1AFw33PfefmwEuvmLg7EpQopJ03xDSPSwaJfCy-CU/s1600/1493158_10152072513399876_139562213_n.jpg" width="638" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vintage Oscar.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/oscardelarenta/photos/pb.7722689875.-2207520000.1413905571./10152072513399876/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Image</a> via Facebook page for Oscar de la Renta.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBh_3eC6fbemHVDKQVeZLg6eEMJMQ7yrVsmPSbXhvwwYt6AVeOr-Zzcfb7ue2cXoUJgnx6wGFhSV3qOBLB_BwdghYkGc1-gr4bS-nuTHMzrDCKTDHq1A1DwVzv9j2iBQmH17snyRV5wkg/s1600/oscar06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBh_3eC6fbemHVDKQVeZLg6eEMJMQ7yrVsmPSbXhvwwYt6AVeOr-Zzcfb7ue2cXoUJgnx6wGFhSV3qOBLB_BwdghYkGc1-gr4bS-nuTHMzrDCKTDHq1A1DwVzv9j2iBQmH17snyRV5wkg/s1600/oscar06.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marc Bohan, Philippe Guibourge, Oscar de la Renta, Roy Halston, Joe Eula and Bill Blass, 1973.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo by Reginald Gray.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/designer-luxury/oscar-de-la-renta-dies-7992384" target="_blank">Oscar de la Renta Dies</a>" </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Arthur Friedman </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with contributions from Bridget Foley.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wwd.com/" target="_blank">Women's Wear Daily</a> (October 20, 2014).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpzkIa2kclQn4DR246j7CfiQD4yXP1gnJZXWu0UgiKFASe0t34n7CpnPtl5JyVMG7E9Ag4ntiye60_c3meIItyGuRb4k52dXq93xatnWXP0FE8X1ZUULHK0sk37xWkkUNfE3eJE9W_TE/s1600/302822_10151238020934876_1627602626_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpzkIa2kclQn4DR246j7CfiQD4yXP1gnJZXWu0UgiKFASe0t34n7CpnPtl5JyVMG7E9Ag4ntiye60_c3meIItyGuRb4k52dXq93xatnWXP0FE8X1ZUULHK0sk37xWkkUNfE3eJE9W_TE/s1600/302822_10151238020934876_1627602626_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oscar de la Renta with decorator Miles Redd.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/oscardelarenta/photos/pb.7722689875.-2207520000.1413905826./10151238020934876/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Image</a> via Facebook page for Oscar de la Renta.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6G0LOWRE_GZ7BtAJ5R7Fh-e6-E8QpSFqApl5NboNasIfEwXQco0uRX2FKE-HFsoenuPgMo3B_JQIsSyZijDAYuSTSkgECu8naEN17jC9RnBpwvNzdfXNy2d4Cx4UUUCCwiEUaOooZ-_g/s1600/548000_10151114915089876_1745437908_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6G0LOWRE_GZ7BtAJ5R7Fh-e6-E8QpSFqApl5NboNasIfEwXQco0uRX2FKE-HFsoenuPgMo3B_JQIsSyZijDAYuSTSkgECu8naEN17jC9RnBpwvNzdfXNy2d4Cx4UUUCCwiEUaOooZ-_g/s1600/548000_10151114915089876_1745437908_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oscar de la Renta with legendary photographer Bill Cunningham.</span><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/oscardelarenta/photos/pb.7722689875.-2207520000.1413906001./10151114915089876/?type=3&theater" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Image</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> via Facebook page for Oscar de la Renta.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-R6zTPDF0nZyz07qxcnsUtOl992l5h2ZwkA1gK6pbh_ujLuX49FlQXF2pu_Uhs5-0JUmmVKKLq33o4Y5vM49bUU-MtMpZdvcLlGEG3mRCH40YMAuno2kQI6_iClMRKsAb-chqS-Laiuw/s1600/392117_10150472691554876_1609853443_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsjr9kis8dwHE71HSkQhqLMzErSXiGYy0EX0bBsQjZwcGFcc3IVCFwAjXP-Y67e1HfYCim3OkQtMavIOheFdg68BoHWiTTrhTA7QUoGn7RJeZGGEMm5rtDIkkc6eBHadcUpMrrNwTpm3Q/s1600/388511_10150447307354876_526619961_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oscar de la Renta and Andre Leon Talley.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/oscardelarenta/photos/pb.7722689875.-2207520000.1413906715./10150447307354876/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Image</a> via Facebook page of Oscar de la Renta.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINHEUAQ-tg1bYK7RpgIvQtVBWcYGoI2jwHtVJfwvdYTkJ8gJcqp8xxCeI8JCNJ9FT0fcvLrAKLnLUICoIphov8czyyxBN8Pz9KpAeigXjjDH6OihFFU9w5oQHjCuPq4ZaNGbRHEygMCM/s1600/download+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINHEUAQ-tg1bYK7RpgIvQtVBWcYGoI2jwHtVJfwvdYTkJ8gJcqp8xxCeI8JCNJ9FT0fcvLrAKLnLUICoIphov8czyyxBN8Pz9KpAeigXjjDH6OihFFU9w5oQHjCuPq4ZaNGbRHEygMCM/s1600/download+(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photographed by Irving Penn, <i>Vogue</i>, May 1982.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.vogue.com/3264309/remembering-oscar-de-la-renta/" target="_blank">Remembering Oscar de la Renta</a>" by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Andre Leon Talley.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.vogue.com/" target="_blank">Vogue</a> (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">October 21, 2014).</span><br /><br /></div>

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