Editing Oscar de la Renta (section)

== Career ==
[[File:1966 Oscar de la Renta cocktail dress designed for Elizabeth Arden.jpg|thumb|1966 cocktail dress designed by de la Renta at Elizabeth Arden]]
[[File:Oscar de la Renta logo.png|thumb|Oscar de la Renta label]]
In 1963, de la Renta turned to [[Diana Vreeland]], the editor-in-chief of ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', for advice, saying that what he really wanted was to "get into ready to wear, because that's where the money is".<ref name="Óscar de la Renta 1963">{{cite web |url=http://www.oscardelarenta.com/?folderId=/thehouse/#timelineId=3& |title=Óscar de la Renta 1963 |url-status=dead |access-date=10 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722070743/http://www.oscardelarenta.com/?folderId=%2Fthehouse%2F#timelineId=3& |archive-date=22 July 2012 }}</ref> Vreeland replied, "Then go to [[Elizabeth Arden|Arden]] because you will make your reputation faster. She is not a designer, so she will promote you. At the other place, you will always be eclipsed by the name of [[Christian Dior|Dior]]."<ref>Morris, Bernadine, "Diana Vreeland, Editor, Dies; Voice of Fashion for Decades", ''The New York Times'', 23 August 1989, page A1</ref> De la Renta proceeded to work for Arden for two years in [[New York City]] before he went to work for [[Jane Derby]], an American fashion house.<ref name="Óscar de la Renta 1965">{{cite web |url=http://www.oscardelarenta.com/?folderId=/thehouse/#timelineId=4& |title=Óscar de la Renta 1965 |url-status=dead |access-date=10 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722070743/http://www.oscardelarenta.com/?folderId=%2Fthehouse%2F#timelineId=4& |archive-date=22 July 2012 }}</ref> When Derby died in August 1965, de la Renta took over the label.<ref>[http://dept.kent.edu/museum/exhibit/oscar/main.htm Kent University Museum] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327174232/http://dept.kent.edu/museum/exhibit/oscar/main.htm |date=2009-03-27 }}</ref>

From 1993 to 2002, de la Renta designed the [[haute couture]] collection for the house of [[Balmain (fashion house)|Balmain]], becoming the first Dominican to design for a French couture house.<ref name="Óscar de la Renta 1993">{{cite web |url=http://www.oscardelarenta.com/?folderId=/thehouse/#timelineId=10& |title=Óscar de la Renta 1993 |url-status=dead |access-date=10 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722070743/http://www.oscardelarenta.com/?folderId=%2Fthehouse%2F#timelineId=10& |archive-date=22 July 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/09/oscar-de-la-renta-loved-powerful-women.html |title=Oscar de la Renta Loved Powerful Women |magazine=New York |first=Véronique |last=Hyland |date=20 October 2014 |access-date=21 October 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022050516/http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/09/oscar-de-la-renta-loved-powerful-women.html |archive-date=22 October 2014 }}</ref> In 2006, the Oscar de la Renta label diversified into bridal wear.<ref name="Óscar de la Renta 2006">{{cite web |url=http://www.oscardelarenta.com/?folderId=/thehouse/#timelineId=15& |title=Óscar de la Renta 2006 |url-status=dead |access-date=10 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722070743/http://www.oscardelarenta.com/?folderId=%2Fthehouse%2F#timelineId=15& |archive-date=22 July 2012 }}</ref>

De la Renta's designs have been worn by a diverse group of distinguished women and celebrities, including pop star Taylor Swift.<ref name="Óscar de la Renta" /> De la Renta's brand saw international [[wholesale]] growth beginning in 2003, under the direction of CEO Alex Bolen, from five to seventy-five locations.<ref name="CEO Talk by Imran Amed, Business of Fashion">{{cite web |url=http://www.businessoffashion.com/2009/01/ceo-talk-alex-bolen-chief-executive-officer-oscar-de-la-renta.html |title=Business of Fashion 2009 |date=4 January 2009 |access-date=26 September 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929034751/http://www.businessoffashion.com/2009/01/ceo-talk-alex-bolen-chief-executive-officer-oscar-de-la-renta.html |archive-date=29 September 2013 }}</ref> De la Renta's designs are available in his retail stores, online, and with select wholesale partners worldwide.<ref name="Óscar de la Renta 2004">{{cite web |url=http://www.oscardelarenta.com/?folderId=/thehouse/#timelineId=13& |title=Óscar de la Renta 2004 |url-status=dead |access-date=10 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722070743/http://www.oscardelarenta.com/?folderId=%2Fthehouse%2F#timelineId=13& |archive-date=22 July 2012 }}</ref>
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File:1966 Oscar de la Renta cocktail minidress, embroidered and beaded lace.jpg|1966 beaded cellophane lace cocktail minidress
File:1977 evening ensemble, embroidered silk blouse and skirt, by Oscar de la Renta.jpg|1977 embroidered taffeta evening ensemble
File:Oscar de la Renta pantsuit, late 1990s, red silk with multicoloured brocade pattern 1.jpg|Late 1990s red brocade pantsuit
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In 2014, the [[George W. Bush Presidential Center]] hosted an exhibit titled "Oscar de la Renta: Five Decades of Style" which shared the designer's creations for Mrs. Bush and America's First Ladies.{{Citation needed|date=September 2017}}