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If you want to establish an international presence you can't do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.

Oscar de la Renta

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Oscar de la Renta
Age: 82 †
Born: 1932
Born: July 22
Died: 2014
Died: October 20
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Dominican Republic
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