Who owns oscar de la renta

The pair has contributed hugely to the brand since Kim joined in while in the midst of completing her BFA in Fashion Design at the Pratt Institute. But, for both of us, it turned into a much longer engagement. Just before Oscar passed away in October of , British designer Peter Copping was named his successor, and Kim and Garcia — by then design director and senior designer, respectively — left the company shortly thereafter. Oscar was directly involved in bringing Copping aboard, courting him while he held the position of creative director at Nina Ricci.

The hiring looked great on paper — Copping had couture training, which mattered to Oscar, and the two shared a proclivity for refined, colourful, joyful femininity in their designs. His resignation was announced abruptly in July of , not quite two years after he joined the company. These prominent placements were partly the result of relationships with A-list stylists Garcia cultivated during his early years at Oscar de la Renta.

He died of complications from the disease on October 20, , at the age of 82 in Kent, Connecticut. We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us! Subscribe to the Biography newsletter to receive stories about the people who shaped our world and the stories that shaped their lives.

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She was also a staunch advocate for women's rights. Willem de Kooning was a Dutch-born American painter who was one of the leading proponents of abstract expressionism. Famous for his women's evening wear and suits, his line is distinctly modern yet feminine. Olivia Rodrigo —. Without great people, we won't have a great business, it's as simple as that.

We have some advantages in regards to talent in a certain way. We are a family business, and we are very non-bureaucratic. I, we, our family want to hire people who are outstanding at their jobs and let them do their jobs. If you would like to run your own show, that is something we can organize here. It requires the right sort of person, and somebody who is very self-motivated, but when we find those people this environment appeals to them. For a luxury fashion brand, you were incredibly progressive in your embrace of live-streaming and social media, particularly Twitter and Tumblr.

How has that investment played out for you? In our business, it's important to embrace innovation. We try to figure out what is innovative in our industry — whether it's technology, 3-D printing, distribution, commerce or communication — and try to figure out if we can be an early adopter of those things. One other advantage of being a medium-sized business, or independent company, is that we can move more quickly.

It's a way we can compete with some of our larger peers. I would say that with regards to social media in particular, that reflected a lot of [former SVP of Communications] Erika [Bearman] 's enthusiasm for that project.

We still want to do that, I think it's a great way to communicate with new customers. Our industry is obsessed with the pursuit of younger customers. I'm not sure we are so obsessed. We are obsessed with new customers, we are obsessed with more people understanding what our brand is about, but I don't know if that's necessarily young. Oscar used to say, I don't make clothes for children, and I would say we do make clothes for children , and he would say that's not the point.

The fabrics we use, the way we cut, the techniques, there is a certain sophistication — a customer has to have tried other things to understand why we charge the prices we charge. It's not because we make off-the-charts margins, but look, we put a lot of work into what we do, to understand that comes with understanding of [clothes].

Does that really suit a young customer? I'm not so sure. Every day, a whole new group of people turn 35 — we want to talk to them more often. They have a lifestyle that lends itself to dressing the way that we build a collection of clothes.

We don't want to be thought of as their mom's, or grand mom's brand, but I'm not sure we're designing with somethings first and foremost in mind. We hope they're fans, hoping they're thinking when their life and budget allow, they'll wear Oscar.

In what other ways has technology changed the business, or the way things are done? There's so many examples. We are now developing prototypes in our jewelry business using 3-D printers.

Fabrics that used to need to be done by hand in Italy, we can now work with laser printing. Likewise in the sample room, pattern-grading can now be done on a computer. There's a billion things where small innovations create big changes in our production process.

In our stores, the ability to have a global inventory system, so that if someone in [our] Madison Avenue [location] is looking to buy a blue dress that's not there, in a second we can find where it is in the world and how we get it to her.

The Oscar de la Renta customer is a woman who appreciates well-made, feminine product, who is very dressed up at all times in her life, day and evening, wants to look great, wants to feel great.

Oscar always said that it was his job to help women lead easier lives, to solve their problems, to help them feel great. That is what we're trying to do with our product.

Peter Copping takes a bow at the Oscar de la Renta spring show in September. I think that Peter joined our company with his own loyal following, and so he's brought those into the mix. I think some of our business partners in Asia love Peter's aesthetic; at the same time, Peter's very much on board with the general mission of well-made, sophisticated, feminine product for women who like to dress up. What is your working relationship like with Peter?

I never got to see you work directly with Oscar, but I read that you two were quite jokey and you were often jumping in to make design suggestions. Oscar and I had a bit of an ongoing comedy show, and I think that with Peter, we have a fantastic working relationship — we talk daily, we go over general things, what's happening with our lives in New York City. It is of course a bit different than with Oscar and me because Oscar was [my wife] Eliza's stepfather.

Can you talk to me a little bit about your red carpet strategy. Why is that important to you, how much do you invest in it? I think that what we strive for is to really develop a relationship between the designer — Oscar in the past, Peter today — and the person they are dressing. I think that Oscar always tried to understand the customer.