Co - Sunday, September 30, 1984 - North Shore News

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OSCAR DE LA RENTA

Mian behind the name

FASHION HOUSES around the world know
Oscar de la Renta by name, and the women who
wear his clothing and perfumes admire the
world-famous designer’s products. But in the
backseat of his limousine, driving across Lions
Gate Bridge, de la Renta seems like any other
tourist, admiring the scenic beauty of the ocean

and Stanley Park.

Designer de la Renta ap-
peared at the Bay Park
was undaunted by the crowd

Royal Thursday to promote
his latest perfume Ruffles,

and women flocked to see of women.
the high-profile personality. Talking to the News, while
Giving out free samples, travelling in his limousine

shaking hands, signing
autographs and posing for
home snapshots seemed
routine for the gracious
host, whose gentle manner

from Park Royal to the
Mandarin Hotel, de la Renta
said he still keeps a full hand
in his business, including
merchandising, advertising

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and promouon, even now
that he has reached the pin-
nacle of success, and he wiil
be returning to New York to
begin his spring fashion line.

Promotion, which now
takes up 80 to 90 per cent of
de la Renta’s working time,
has only been a big part in
the last 10 to 12 years, he
says. ‘‘People want to know
who the person is behind the
clothes.’’

De la Renta enjoys a
high-profile lifestyle, living
in New York, and his work
takes him travelling
throughout the U.S.,
Europe, and Japan. Notorie-
ty comes with the business,
and he says he is recognized
most in New York amongst

people in the fashion in-
dustry and by taxi drivers.

But de la Renta always
finds time for pleasure as
well, despite his busy sched-
ule, and typical vacations
might include the Dominican
Republic in the winter,
where he grew up as a boy,
and Europe in the summer.
He insists however, ‘‘vaca-
tion time is not as much as |
would like.’’

One of de la Renta’s
favorite pastimes is garden-
ing, inspired by his mother’s
beautiful flower gardens in
Santo Domingo. From this,
de la Renta developed his

See page C7

EWS photo Terry Peters
HANDING out perfume samples, fashion and perfume de-
signer Oscar de la Renta greeted the many women who came

to meet him at the Bay in Park Royal Thursday, before he
rushed off to another appointment.

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