Oscar de la Renta

Oscar de la Renta was a Dominican fashion designer. Born in Santo Domingo, he studied painting in Madrid before apprenticing with couture fashion designers Cristóbal Balenciaga and Antonio del Castillo. De la Renta became internationally known in the 1960s for dressing First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. The fashion house he founded has boutiques around the world including in Harrods of London and Madison Avenue in New York.