The fashion world is a little bit darker today as Oscar de la Renta - who created Amal Clooney's wedding dress for her and George Clooney's nuptials on September 27th - passed away at his Connecticut home yesterday. While the cause of death is yet to be released, he was diagnosed with cancer in 2006.
Taylor Swift in Oscar de la RentaThe designer rose to prominence in the 1960s when then-First Lady Jackie Kennedy wore his garments and he went on to launch his own fashion label. Former First Lady Hilary Clinton also used to regularly wear his designs, as did Laura Bushand Nancy Reagan, and earlier this month Michelle Obama wore one of his garments to an event.
And the Dominican Republic-born designer dressed several stars throughout a highly successful career, including Cameron Diaz, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz and Audrey Hepburn.
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Just last month, one of his latest commissions was Amal's wedding dress and he appeared in the pages of Vogue magazine with her as she posed for pictures trying on the beautiful custom-made French lace gown.
Oscar admitted he was fully aware of the importance of the garment and hoped he had created exactly what Amal wanted. At the time, he said:
It's the most important dress in the life of a woman. Any girl from any walk of life dreams of that special dress, and I try to make that dream a reality for her. Amal and I looked at a lot of evening dresses and wedding dresses together, and we discussed what she liked. That gave me the idea of what she wanted.
Taylor Swift, Karlie Kloss, Jamie Lee Curtis and Naomi Campbell have all paid tribute to the designer who is survived by his wife Annette and adopted son Moises.
We've put together a gallery of some of his most fabulous creations. We think that SJP's dress is our ultimate de la Renta gown - what's yours?
