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Article: HISTORY LESSON; THE HERITAGE OF OSCAR DE LA RENTA THE COMPANY IS AS RICH AS THAT OF THE MAN BEHIND THE LABEL.
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- WWD
- Article date:
- June 14, 2005
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Byline: Arthur Friedman
Oscar de la Renta has lived the Latin American dream.
With roots on a tiny Third World island in the Thirties, he has built a multinational brand with an estimated $100 million in annual apparel retail sales and another $650 million in licensed products. His label has grown to become one of the world's best-known in fashion, consistently placing in the WWD100 annual consumer survey of most recognized brands. And he has won the hearts - and business - of many prominent society figures as he glides gracefully through that rarefied lifestyle.
De la Renta was born July 22, 1932, in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. He ...