OSCAR DE LA RENTA FIALLO

Was born Oscar de la Renta Fiallo in Dominican Republic, in 1932. Married Francoise de Laglade a fashin editor 1967,died 1983,married Annette Engelhard Reed. At the tender age of 18, he travelled to Spain to study art at the Academy of San Fernando in Madrid; after sketching for Balenciaga, in 1963 he travelled to New York he secured a role at Elizabeth Arden under the menturship of editor Diane Vreeland.From 1993 to 2002 de la Renta designed the haute couture collections for Pierre Balman.