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Article: FASHION NOTES
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- The Washington Post
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- January 24, 1988
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Oscar, Sydney and
Wool in Chic Clothing
When Oscar de la Renta arrives in Australia this week-for the
grand bicentennial celebration in Sydney-it will be his first visit
Down Under. De la Renta has tried to go two other times; once his
designs and models arrived even though he didn't.
That show made quite an impression. "I had a beautiful model
then named Carla Araque, a Spanish girl. She was wearing a halter
dress, and in the middle of the runway she stepped on her hem and the
whole dress came down. She walked off the stage, her hands covering
her breasts," said de la Renta, imitating the pose.
"There was a photograph of Carla in part of my dress on the
front page of many newspapers ...