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Oscar de la Renta Dead at 82: His Life in Photos

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The designer, who launched his now iconic label in 1965, died Monday after a long battle with cancer. From Audrey Hepburn to Sarah Jessica Parker, see de la Renta with his many muses.

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Oscar de la Renta acknowledges the crowd’s reaction to his Paris debut collection with models Linda Evengelista and Yasmine at the Fall-Winter ready-to-wear shows at the Louvre in 1991.

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Baroness Aino Bodisco (L), looking on as Beatrice Lodge (C) wears a dress designed by de la Renta (2R).

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De la Renta with Pat Buckley in 1986.

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The designer.

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De la Renta, circa 1988.

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Audrey Hepburn and de la Renta at the 1988 Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

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John Galiano, Anna Wintour, and de la Renta at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the 1990s.

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De la Renta in March 1990.

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Yasmeen Ghauri and de la Renta at the 1993 Pierre Balmain Collection pret-a-porter Spring-Summer show.

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De la Renta’s velvet and embroidered satin-paneled tunic for Pierre Balmain’s Fall-Winter 1995-96 haute couture collection in Paris.

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De la Renta greets some of his models in New York at the end of his Fall fashion show in April 1997.

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Senate hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton is flanked by her daughter, Chelsea, and Grand Marshal Oscar de la Renta as they walk up Fifth Avenue in the 35th annual Hispanic Day Parade, 2000.

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De la Renta poses with presenter/actress Sarah Jessica Parker (wearing Oscar De La Renta) in the pressroom at the 32nd Annual Fragrance Foundation’s “FiFi” Awards on June 9, 2004, at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.

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Eva Riccobono in Oscar de la Renta’s Fall 2003 fashion show.

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De la Renta and Victoria Beckham during the Oscar de la Renta Spring 2008 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City.

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A model presents a creation at the Oscar de la Renta Fall/Winter 2012 collection show during New York Fashion Week on February 14, 2012.

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De la Renta greets the audience after his Fall 2013 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2013 in New York on February 12, 2013, in New York City.

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De la Renta (L) and Anna Wintour attend Giorgio Armani One Night Only NYC at SuperPier on October 24, 2013, in New York City.

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De la Renta (C) and model Karlie Kloss (L) walk the runway at the Oscar de la Renta fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2015 on September 9, 2014, in New York City.

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