“Having invented his ideal life, Oscar de la Renta now delights in sharing it,” Georgina Howell noted in Vogue in 1989. Volunteerism and nonprofit work were part of his everyday routin ...

Inspiration comes naturally to the Creative Director of Oscar de la Renta and Monse ... she'd sit with me and open the pages of Vogue sewing patterns. I'd pick out a photo of a dress I liked ...