Remembering Oscar de la Renta: An Homage to the Fashion Legacy

With the loss of the elegant legacy, iconic fashion designer Oscar de la Renta on Monday, the runways and red carpets will never be the same.  Always the gentleman, Oscar loved his ladies and his ladies undeniably loved him and his gowns.  His exquisite designs were the epitome of lady-like perfection and class.  A fashion genius, he lived a long and full life, but the fashion world remains saddened over the loss and what the next designs could have been.  Here's a look back at some of his most breathtaking gowns.

Mr. de la Renta, you will wholeheartedly be missed.

"Fashion is about dressing according to what's fashionable.  Style is more about being yourself"

{Supermodel Karlie Kloss in Oscar de la Renta}

"Known for his appropriate elegance, he always designed with the ultimate motivation that women must look and feel beautiful."- Andre Leon Talley

{Oscar de la Renta Fall 2013}

{Oscar de la Renta Ready to Wear S/S 2014}

{Oscar de la Renta Pre-Fall 2011}

{Oscar de la Renta Spring 2013}

{Oscar de la Renta S/S 2015}

{Oscar de la Renta Fall 2013}

{Oscar de la Renta Resort 2013}

{Amy Adams, Golden Globe Awards 2009}

{Emma Watson, world premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows - Part Two, London 2011}

{Emma Watson Noah Premiere}

{Cameron Diaz, Academy Awards 2010}

{Oscar’s first dress}

Made for Beatrice Cabot Lodge, the daughter of the U.S. ambassador to Spain, for her coming-out ball

Madrid, 1956

 {Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina}

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