Fashion Nerds

Oscar de la Renta

  • Eveningwear
  • Sculptural draping

Oscar de la Renta was born in Santo Domingo and built an American fashion career under his own name. The Museum at FIT records his 1967 Coty Award and early support from fashion publicist Eleanor Lambert.

Official house website
Portrait of Oscar de la Renta
Matti Hillig · CC BY-SA 3.0

Five looks to know

Oscar de la Renta — Look 1 — Oscar de la Renta, Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Collection selection

Oscar de la Renta — Look 1

Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Representative look from the Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear collection.

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Oscar de la Renta — Look 12 — Oscar de la Renta, Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Collection selection

Oscar de la Renta — Look 12

Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Representative look from the Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear collection.

Marcus Tondo / Indigitalimages.com
Oscar de la Renta — Look 23 — Oscar de la Renta, Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Collection selection

Oscar de la Renta — Look 23

Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Representative look from the Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear collection.

Marcus Tondo / Indigitalimages.com
Oscar de la Renta — Look 35 — Oscar de la Renta, Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Collection selection

Oscar de la Renta — Look 35

Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Representative look from the Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear collection.

Marcus Tondo / Indigitalimages.com
Oscar de la Renta — Look 44 — Oscar de la Renta, Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Collection selection

Oscar de la Renta — Look 44

Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Representative look from the Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear collection.

Marcus Tondo / Indigitalimages.com

Archive pieces, grouped by date

1 piece

ca. 1982

1 piece · Season not recorded

About Oscar de la Renta

His silk evening dress from about 1982 uses a shaped waist, hip gathers and a flaring hem to give a restrained dark surface dramatic form.