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The Couturier of Concord: Oscar de la Renta and Paris

Molly Sorkin. Oscar de la Renta House Curator In 1992, the Women's Wear Daily declared Oscar de la Renta the "Couturier of Concord" [1]. The headline referred to the many transatlantic flights that the designer made in a supersonic jet, as the new director

About Oscar

Mikhail Baryshnikov, Artist About when he met Oscar de la Renta: I really don't remember when we met, probably at some social gathering. But I think we got to know each other better when he designed the costumes for a dance for choreographer Twyla Tharp. About what launched

Oscar de la Renta: Informal Ambassador

Bernardo Vega, Historian In addition to being a leading figure in New York high society, Oscar de la Renta had direct access to the White House and used it to manage matters of interest to the Dominicans and did so as

Fashion

Inés Aizpún, Director of Diario Libre That which is in the air Even when fashion is ignored, it manifests itself. Fashion is part of the atmosphere. It is an enveloping abstract. It is in food, drink, in social customs, what we see, speak, hear and

The cosmopolitan transnationality of Oscar de la Renta

Silvio Torres-Saillant, Syracuse University Professor In the life and work of Oscar Arístides Renta Fiallo (1932-2014) we commemorate the individual epic of a great achiever. We glorify a man who did just what he liked and with it reached the highest attainable peak

Two wars, two postwar: Madrid and Paris

María José Rincón, Spanish philologist just woke up from the tragic nightmare of war. On the physical and human devastation, on the painful ruins, hunger, repression and death are installed; as a transcript of the civil conflict, still too close, a postwar that

Socrates MCK

A look back ...

Socrates Mckinney, stylist, fashion critic and image consultant Something Magical must have the coordinates 18.7357 degrees North and 70.1627 degrees West, to produce a country full of so much creativity. Many outsiders attribute it to the intense sunlight that generates vibrant colors in