The brand of Oscar de la Renta (Oscar de la Renta) and his best design work

Wedding and evening dresses, casual clothes and accessories, decorations "Oscar de la Renta" - all this has long been synonymous with impeccable style and exquisite taste. The designer is the embodiment of an unattainable American dream. A boy from the Dominican Republic, having traveled from European fashion houses to the podiums of New York, gained fame and immortalized his name in the pages of history.

Oscar de la Renta biography facts

The famous fashion designer was brought up in a large family and was the oldest. He was born in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) on July 22, 1932. His father was an owner of an insurance company and a Puerto Rican by birth, and his mother came from a Spanish family who had once moved from the Canary Islands. The family of Oscar de la Renta was very notable: for many years the paternal grandfather was the mayor, and on the maternal side - the writer and the diplomat. When Oscar was 19 years old, he went to Spain to study at the Madrid Academy of Arts. In his student years, he worked part-time by drawing sketches of dresses and other women's clothing for local ateliers and newspapers. However, the first popularity and, it can be said, the start of his career brought a meeting with the wife of the American ambassador. Seeing his sketches, she ordered a young designer dress for her daughter at the prom. A photo of the ambassador's daughter in a gorgeous dress appeared on the cover of Life magazine.

In the future, Oscar's passion for clothing design only intensified, and he began to draw for the leading Spanish fashion houses. In 1961, he moved to Paris, and 2 years later - to New York, where at different times he worked with E. Arden, D. Derby. After the death of the last in his possession completely passed control over the fashion house, which henceforth began to work under the name of Oscar de la Renta.

Personal life

Couturier was twice married to successful and beautiful women. The first wife was a famous fashion critic, and the second - a patron of art. Their aristocratic background helped Oscar integrate into secular society, where his talent was recognized. He actively engaged in charity, in 1982, from his submission, a school and a children's center in the Dominican Republic were built. A talented and eminent fashion designer who dressed all first ladies of the United States, starting with Jacqueline Kennedy, and perhaps half Hollywood divas, died in 2014, at the age of 82, after a long struggle with the disease.

Music style of the great couturier

Clothing, and especially dresses from Oscar de la Renta, enjoyed popularity always. He never chased outrageous and avant-garde, radical ideas. His collection - for people with a refined, aristocratic taste. The most famous and recognized him brought evening dresses for special occasions, stunning and unique, they are worthy of princesses and queens. This is a real business card of the great master.

Almost for a half-century career, de la Renta has become a "court" fashion designer in the White House. At different times admirers of his talents were J. Kennedy, N. Reagan, H. Clinton, L. Bush and M. Obama.

It was he who returned to the fashion podium an ambiguous combination of red and green, saying that these two colors are in harmony, which is created by nature itself. His preferred collections he preferred to sew from lightweight and weightless fabrics - silk, chiffon, satin. A characteristic feature is the multi-layering, creating the effect of a lush cloud, crinolines and draperies. But creating a coat, Oscar de la Renta prefers daring dyed fur, textured suede and aristocratic tweed.

In addition, working with individuals and bright personalities, he always paid close attention to the cut of the dress, so that in the end it would best emphasize the dignity of the figure and make it possible to hide flaws.

Everything, for which he undertook, he always succeeded, whether there were these mind-blowing outfits for red carpet, accessories, casual clothes or children's collection.

Perfume "Oscar de la Renta"

His first fragrance - Oscar - couturier released in the broad masses in 1977. This is the time when androgynous tendencies dominate in fashion, and he went on the opposite way. Incredibly feminine flower bouquet became a real hit and only confirmed the vision of the couturier's world. He once said that if his spirits are created from roses and ylang-ylang, why not dress in the same subject and feelings. The fragrance, which won fame and recognition as the best in decades, belongs to the oriental flower group. Its top notes are orange, peach, bergamot, clove, gardenia, coriander, basil, and the base notes are sandalwood, patchouli, amber, lavender, coconut, myrrh, musk, vetiver, opponocax.

The second cult perfume Oscar de la Renta (photo above) created in the era of the 90's (1992). The feminine and subtle aroma of Volupté with tuberose and freesia challenged grunge movement. In the framework of his advertising company, de la Renta personally visited department stores and boutiques, communicating with sellers and buyers. Once he said that a woman should not be identified with the fragrance and its brand. "As soon as she accepts him, he is no longer mine, but it becomes one with her." And this is the genius of de la Renta: the creator, but not the owner. This position became the driving force and when creating the last fragrance - Extraordinary, which was presented after the death of the couturier, in 2015. Saturated notes of neroli, a brooding rose and a sharp amber resin are light and transparent, touching the skin, start to play and sparkle with new faces.

Wedding dresses by couturier

What Oscar de la Renta created (wedding dresses or usual) is always a work of art in the field of fashion. Dresses for the most responsible day in life is the apogee of femininity, romanticism and refinement. They differ luxury and grace, but at the same time look modest and emphasize the natural beauty.

His last work was a wedding dress for the bride of the most hardened Hollywood bachelor D. Clooney - A. Alamuddin. It has a completely classical silhouette, but due to several layers of tulle, richly decorated with French lace, as well as diamonds and pearls in hand-made embroidery takes on an unearthly appearance. It seems to have been created for one of the Disney princesses. A long train and veil with oriental motifs emphasize the bright beauty of the bride herself. This masterpiece, impressed the whole world, entered the last collection of the master. It is presented in the photo.

Accessories from de la Renta

Outstanding and unsurpassed evening dresses and wedding dresses from the eminent couturier require an appropriate addition in the form of accessories and ornaments. They complete any image and give it subtlety and individuality. Collections of jewelry, including earrings, Oscar de la Renta does with the inherent one style. He offers options not only for carpet and wedding, but for everyday images with the same jeans and simple T-shirts. His fashion is accessible and understandable, but at the same time elegant and refined. The cult and most often copied decoration, which Oscar de la Renta created, is beaded earrings. This is an example of how inexpensive material turns into a design product, which is often copied by needlewomen. The original product costs about 300 dollars.

The best works

All the dresses of the brand deserve attention, it is difficult to single out anything more or less magnificent. However, we chose those that remained in memory for a long time. They all shone in the literal and figurative sense of the word at the ceremony of handing the gold statuette of the Oscar, it's not for nothing that many stars laughed off when they said that they would dress in clothes from his real namesake.

1. Cameron Diaz in gold. Brilliant and blonde with a charming and famous smile in 2010 won everyone. The dress, embroidered with sequins of classic cut, harmonizes well with the red carpet and golden figurine.
2. Emma Stone and Emmy Adams like beautiful swans in heavenly colors. Fragile figures dragged into the corset, and at the feet of a fluffy skirt with ruches. And although the models are different, they still have certain common features.
3. Sarah Jessica Parker in black and white. Classical colors and complex geometric cut favorably emphasize the nature of the owner of the dress and her figure.
4. Natasha Poly in black. The Russian model is a devoted fan of the brand, in 2014, at the Cannes Film Festival, she struck everyone with a gorgeous dress, emphasizing her slender waist and slender figure.
5. Eva Longoria in red. This, perhaps, is one of the designer's favorite styles. A sculpted figure in a tight dress in a floor with a train of different length and shape.