Oscar de la Renta Daniel Lawler: "As a shoe designer this is one of my favorite Oscar quotes. What Oscar could do better than anyone, is give confidence through clothing and accessories.

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One of the world's most legendary fashion designers, Oscar de la Renta, died Monday. He was 82. De la Renta's health was described earlier this month by the New York Times as "precarious." He had ...

Oscar de la Renta appears backstage before his collection is shown at New York Fashion Week in February. Charles Sykes/AP Fashion designer Oscar de la Renta died Monday at the age of 82.

Oscar de la Renta Daniel Lawler: "As a shoe designer this is one of my favorite Oscar quotes. What Oscar could do better than anyone, is give confidence through clothing and accessories.

De la Renta, who died at 82 on Monday in his home in Kent, Conn., appeared never to take the fashion business all that seriously, which helps explain his long reign over it.