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Fashion Elite Mourn Oscar de la Renta at Funeral A memorial service for Oscar de la Renta was held at a Manhattan church with high profile guests including Hillary Clinton and Anna Wintour.

Don’t blame me, I’m just connecting the dots. Just 12 days ago, at the cocktail party following Lady M’s White House Fashion Education Workshop, she finally wore a frock by America’s iconic designer Oscar de la Renta, Today, Oscar is dead. Coincidence? Officially, yes, butt let’s examine the evidence: first, Oscar was never a fan of MO’s mini-me cardigans: Fashion can get ugly. It looks like the king of American fashion is openly dissing the First Lady for wearing her wallet-friendly J.Crew ensemble to meet the Queen of England this week. Oscar de la Renta remarked, “You don’t show up at...

Oscar de la Renta, the doyen of American fashion, whose career began in the 1950s in Franco’s Spain, sprawled across the better living rooms of Paris and New York, and who was the last survivor of that generation of bold, all-seeing tastemakers, died on Monday at his home in Kent, Conn. He was 82. His death was confirmed by his wife, Annette de la Renta. The cause was complications from cancer. Though ill with cancer intermittently for close to eight years, Mr. de la Renta was resilient. During that period his business grew by 50 percent, to $150 million in...

Oscar de la Renta has died at the age of 82. His wife Annette confirmed that the legendary fashion designer passed away at his Kent, Connecticut home on Monday. De la Renta was diagnosed with cancer in 2006, however a cause of death is yet to be revealed. He is survived by both Annette and his adopted son Moises - a designer at the label. Company executives Alex and Eliza Bolen said in a statement that De la Renta died surrounded by family, friends, and 'more than a few dogs'. The statement also read: 'While our hearts are broken by...

December 29, 2012 Bill and Hillary Clinton in Punta Cana for New Year's celebration Staff report Punta Cana, DR.– Ex-president Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton are enjoying their year-end vacation in Punta Cana, in the eastern coast of the Dominican Republic. According to press reports, the Clintons will celebrate New Year’s at the Puntacana Resort & Club and could also attend a fashion show scheduled for December 29, which will be held in honor of famous Dominican designer Oscar de la Renta. Also expected to attend are American journalist Barbara Walters, Vogue editor Anna Wintour, Spanish actress Mar...

Oscar de la Renta knows how to dress Washington -- and first ladies. They always arrive in the nation's capital with favorite designers, "but they all end up wearing Oscar," joked Jane Lipton Cafritz, chairman of the Washington National Opera's board of trustees. Oscar de la Renta with Brooke Astor and Nancy Reagan in 1988. (Ed Bailey/AP)The legendary American designer brought his Fall 2010 collection to Neiman Marcus Mazza Gallerie Thursday. He has been a favorite of first ladies going all the way back to Betty Ford. He has been the go-to guy for both Hillary Rodham Clinton and Laura...

Former President Clinton and family vacation in Dominican Republic Mon Apr 1, 6:35 PM ET SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton, have arrived for a second straight holiday in the Dominican Republic, this year with their daughter, Chelsea, a spokesman for the resort said Monday. The Clintons flew in a private plane Saturday to Punta Cana Airport, at the eastern most tip of the Caribbean country, 205 kilometers (128 miles) from the capital, said Manuel Quiterio Cedeno, spokesman for Punta Cana Resort and Club. For a second straight year, Dominican fashion...