Oscar de la Renta
Oscar de la Renta Warms Fall Fashion, Anna Wintour
It’s springtime for Oscar in autumn! We just came from Oscar de la Renta’s Pre-Fall 2008 show, held in an old church on Park Avenue and 63rd Street. It seems even Old School fashion bigwigs like Mr. De la Renta are starting to acknowledge the fact that balmy temps can, these days, extend well into November.
Sure, there were plenty of black cashmere sweaters, dark brown suede boots, tortoiseshell patent clutches and sepia wool faille jackets to whet the appetites of onlookers like Vogue’s Anna Wintour and, a few seats to her left, Teen Vogue’s Amy Astley. But what really drew a few wide-eyed gasps—and a lone clap—from the modish onlookers was the abundance of color. Bright color—in floral, sequined prints, no less! Circumambulating one another in figure-eights and cockeyed circles, tall models (in even taller boots) stomped around the platter-shaped runway as if in some nightmare runway challenge on ANTM. At least their floral cloqué brocade skirts, harlequin ribbon belts, plum silk georgette dresses and emerald silk hammered satin gowns made it easy to avoid an eminent collision.
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Hey, Hey, It’s the CFDA’s! Oprah … Uma … and Oscar de la Renta!
“When the dress arrived, I said, ‘I’m going to have to name her,’” Oprah Winfrey told the crowd at the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s annual awards at the New York Public Library on Monday, June 4, speaking of the ankle-length pink wrap ball gown that designer Ralph Lauren had created specifically for Ms. Winfrey to present him with the American Fashion Legend Award. read more »
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Roger Federer & Anna Wintour, Oscar de la Renta, 9/11/06.
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Today At The Shows: Paris Hilton, Donald Trump, and... Kelly Osbourne?
Today, our own intrepid photographer ventured here and there between the "Virgin Vines" event, Oscar de la Renta, the Sony lounge, Charles Nolan, and all about the Tents of Shame. Even the pre-teens have their model-faces on, apparently. read more »
Under De La Renta
The stunning Park Avenue co-op apartment underneath fashion icon Oscar de la Renta's apartment is now back on the market.
The Observer reported in late March that the 4,600-square-foot residence was under contract. But the pesky co-op board squashed the deal, according to a top Upper East Side source.
In the early 1980's, former Philippines First Lady Imelda Marcos reportedly desired the co-op's lavish 21-room triplex maisonette before running into difficulties with the board. read more »
The 11-room spread (powder room and all) is available once again for $12.5 million, listed with Amanda Cannon and Cornelia Zagat Eland of Stribling and Associates.
- Michael Calderone
