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== Personal life == In 1966, de la Renta became the third husband of [[Françoise de Langlade]] (1921–1983),<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/18/obituaries/francoise-de-la-rente-62-a-leader-in-fashion.html ''Francoise de la Rente, 62, a Leader in Fashion''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115073004/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/18/obituaries/francoise-de-la-rente-62-a-leader-in-fashion.html |date=2016-11-15 }} from ''[[The New York Times]]'' 18 June 1983</ref> an editor-in-chief of ''[[Vogue (magazine)|French Vogue]]'' who once worked for the fashion house of [[Elsa Schiaparelli]]. They were married until she died of cancer in 1983.<ref name="nymag2005" /> After her death, de la Renta adopted a boy from the Dominican Republic and named him Moisés.<ref name="nymag2005">{{cite magazine |url=http://nymag.com/nymetro/shopping/fashion/spring05/11016 |title=Dynatsty |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=21 May 2005 |first=David |last=Amsden |access-date=21 October 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023142827/http://nymag.com/nymetro/shopping/fashion/spring05/11016/ |archive-date=23 October 2014 }}</ref> In 1990, the designer married [[Annette de la Renta|Annette Engelhard]] (born 1939), daughter of [[Fritz Mannheimer]] and his wife [[Jane Engelhard|Jane]] née Reiss, and adoptive daughter of her mother's second husband, [[Charles W. Engelhard, Jr.]] De la Renta had stepchildren from both marriages. His son-in-law Alex Bolen currently operates as chief executive officer, and stepdaughter Eliza Bolen serves as Vice President of Licensing at Oscar de la Renta, LLC.<ref name="Óscar de la Renta Today">{{cite web |url=http://www.oscardelarenta.com/?folderId=/thehouse/#timelineId=17& |title=Óscar de la Renta Today |url-status=dead |access-date=10 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722070743/http://www.oscardelarenta.com/?folderId=%2Fthehouse%2F#timelineId=17& |archive-date=22 July 2012 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.billionaire.com/interviews/823/alex-bolen-oscar-de-la-renta-ceo-interview Billionaire Magazine: "Oscar de la Renta: Hard Work and Good Fortune"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103135823/http://www.billionaire.com/interviews/823/alex-bolen-oscar-de-la-renta-ceo-interview |date=2014-11-03 }} by Norman Tan, 2 June 2014.</ref> De la Renta was regarded as an unofficial ambassador of the [[Dominican Republic]], his home country, and held a diplomatic passport. He had homes there in [[Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic|Casa de Campo]] and [[Punta Cana]], in addition to his residence in [[Kent, Connecticut]].<ref name="nyt10-20" />
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