The famed fashion designer has died at age 82. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2006.
Designer Oscar de la Renta takes a bow with models Karlie Kloss, left, and Daria Strokous, right, after his Spring 2015 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in NYC on Sept. 9.
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Legendary fashion designer Oscar de la Renta has died at age 82, ABC News reported Monday night. He had been diagnosed with cancer in 2006.
De la Renta worked in the fashion industry for more than 50 years, and gained notoriety in the 1960s after dressing Jacqueline Kennedy. He dressed every First Lady in the U.S. since, and his eponymous fashion house continues to dress notable stars to this day. Most recently, he dressed Amal Alamuddin for her wedding with George Clooney.
#AmalAlamuddin’s final wedding dress fitting with #OscardelaRenta. Find out more on Vogue.com. Photographed by #AnnieLeibovitz, Vogue, October 2014.
Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, de la Renta left when he was 18 to study in Spain. Later, he moved to Paris to join Antonio del Castillo as an assistant at Lanvin. He launched his own fashion house in 1965, while continuing to work as a designer for the French fashion brand Balmain.
Vogue described de la Renta as "a man who for five-plus decades created exquisite clothes which have majestically sailed between the Old and New Worlds; European haute couture savoir faire and the beautifully dressed can-do optimism of the United States."
He has long been considering a line of succession for his fashion house and announced Peter Copping would be the next creative director for the house on Oct. 13.
He is survived by his second wife Annette de la Renta, stepchildren from both his marriages, and his adopted son, Moises de la Renta.
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