Oscar de la Renta Commandeur. Oscar de la Renta was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1973. The Dominican Republic honored him with the Order of Merit of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella and the Order of Christopher Columbus. De la Renta founded the Casa del Niño orphanage in La Romana He contributed extensively in the construction of a much needed school near his home at the "Punta Cana Resort and Club" in Punta Cana. De la Renta held dual citizenship in the Dominican Republic and the United States. He was an Ambassador-at-Large of the Dominican Republic. De la Renta
Jane Derby retired Lieut. Col. C. Ross Cuthbert of the British Army. She had children, including a son who was killed in World War II. After her death Oscar de la Renta took control of her company. having worked there before her death. Jane Derby Jane Derby (born Jeannette Barr in Rockymount, Virginia, 1895 – August 1965) was an American fashion designer. She worked as an apprentice designer, and she subsequently opened her own business in 1936 in New York. She later opened Jane Derby, Inc., in 1938, which she ran until she died in 1965, except during World War II. She