Oscar De La Renta's Most Magical Red Carpet Moments
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Nicki Minaj in Oscar de la Renta at the American Music Awards, 2011
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Amy Adams in a showstopping Oscar de la Renta gown for the 2013 Oscars
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Anna Wintour chosen a golden Oscar de la Renta dress for London Fashion Week in 2009
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Oscar de la Renta with Audrey Hepburn
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Cameron Diaz sparkles in Oscar de la Renta at the 2010 Oscars ceremony
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Catherine Zeta Jones in form-fitting Oscar de la Renta at the 2004 Golden Globes
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Emma Watson in dramatic floor-sweeping Oscar de la Renta at the premiere of Noah, March 2014
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Freida Pinto doing the red-carpet-red-dress match in Oscar de la Renta in Cannes, 2014
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Hillary Clinton picked up Grammy Award in 1997 wearing Oscar de la Renta
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Jessica Biel chose Oscar de la Renta for her appearance at the Rome Film Festival, 2008
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Karlie Kloss counts Oscar de la Renta as one of the major influences in her fashion career - here she is backstage for S/S'15
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Leighton Meester wearing Oscar de la Renta on the set of Gossip Girl in 2012
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Oscar de la Renta with Liza Minnelli, 1998
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Naomi Campbell walking the Oscar de la Renta runway in 1994
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Oscar de la Renta accompanies Oprah Winfrey to the Met Gala in 2010
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Arm in arm with a Oscar de la Renta fan, Penelope Cruz at the Costume Insitute Gala, 2011
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SJP in frothy Oscar de la Renta pink, Emmy Awards, 2000
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Rihanna picked up a 2011 Brit Award wearing this floral Oscar de la Renta gown
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Oscar de la Renta with the Duchess of Seville, 1985
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Sarah Jessica Parker made a grand entrance in Oscar de la Renta at this year's Costume Institute Gala
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And here she is a few years earlier in 2005 in ODLR with her husband Matthew Broderick
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Taylor Swift is an All American girl in this Oscar de la Renta creation, Met Gala 2014
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Victoria Beckham wearing Oscar de la Renta at his S/S'08 show in New York, 2007
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Jackie O in one of her many Oscar de la Renta looks
When it comes to recent American history and the clothes associated with it, no other fashion designer has been quite so influential or cemented quite as grand a legacy as Oscar de la Renta. The sad news arrived last night that the 82-year-old maestro had passed away, leaving behind him the very blueprint for modern Uptown dressing, a wealth of incredibly high profile moments and a booming fashion business.
Oscar de la Renta in 1990 [Getty]
In the above gallery we celebrate some of his most tremendous star-studded happenings – from bedecking first ladies like Jackie Kennedy and Hillary Clinton to making Hollywood’s red carpet mavens like SJP or Halle Berry look perennially pretty as a picture. Anna Wintour, his dear friend, is a firm fan of the designer’s feminine wares and the US of A’s most prominent socialites would be lost without his dresses. Scroll through for Mr de la Renta’s magical creations…