Nu Vibez and Roleplay Guide Magazine - October 2014 | Page 54

THE BUSH CENTER

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orn in Santo Domingo in 1932, and
having spent half a century in the
forefront of Haute Couture, Oscar
De la Renta was one of the most
renowned fashion designers in the
world … and now he’s gone. He was
82 years young.

“He was a true, true gentlemen, in the truest
sense of the word – a real bright light – and this
is just a terrible terrible loss for the fashion world,”
said Alina Cho, fashion journalist and editor at
large at Random House, to CNN.
“Oscar was the epitome of classic elegance,
shunning the garish runway garbs that so
tempted other designers. To be dressed by
Oscar de la Renta was to be dressed as royalty,"
reminisced Kylie Sabra, fashion designer and
owner of Sabra Style in Second Life.

The “Sultan of Suave” as he was so often called,
began his international rise in the 1960s when
he became one of the couturiers who dressed
Jacqueline Kennedy – and his career dressing
First Ladies and leading figures from on-screen to
Diagnosed with Cancer in 2006, it was
real-world royalty began.
announced last year that he was totally clean
54 October 2014 - NuVibez Magazine