He taught style to Americans but, in addition to clothes, he also designed jewelry collections: Oscar de la Renta, the Dominican designer, has died. Over the years, he inspired the style of four First Ladies, Hollywood divas and overseas socialites, starting with Jacqueline Kennedy, his great fan. A passion that also infected the general public with the TV series Sex and the City, where one of the protagonists, Carrie, can’t resist the compulsive purchase of clothes and shoes, which borders on exaltation in front of de la Renta’s clothes. But the consecration on the screen had already happened in part, with the film The Devil Wears Prada when the terrible Miranda, a figure inspired by the equally fearsome director of Vogue America, Anne Wintour, rebukes her assistant who is cheerfully unaware of the fact that in 2002 the designer had proposed the cerulean color. Shades of blue aside, it is undeniable that his creations were a status symbol in the United States, so much so that Nancy Reagan, Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton, on the day of the swearing-in at the White House, appeared alongside their newly elected husbands wearing a suit by the designer. The lace wedding dress by Amal Alamuddin for her marriage to George Clooney was also his. What better way to remember the designer than with a gallery dedicated to his jewels?
