Luis Álvarez Renta Republic. Arriving in Venezuela with twenty dollars and a suitcase, Álvarez Saviñón was able to re-establish his fortune in Venezuela. It was said that in Caracas, "anywhere you looked something had been built by Virgilio Álvarez." His mother, Thelma Renta, was the sister of fashion designer Oscar de la Renta, and a major social figure in the Dominican Republic in her own right. Álvarez Renta studied in Venezuela and the Dominican Republic, eventually earning a full scholarship to a Dominican University. He was also able to study in the United States, attending both the University of Michigan and Washington University
Françoise de Langlade Editor-in-Chief. In 1967, she married Oscar de la Renta and moved to the United States. In 1968, she joined "American Vogue" where she served as Editor-at-Large. She also worked as a Fashion and Beauty Editor for Elizabeth Arden International. She is credited with using her established network of contacts to help promote her husband's brand. De Langlade married three times. Her first husband was French businessman Jean Bruere with whom she had one son, Jean Marc Bruere; the marriage ended in divorce. Her second husband was diplomat, Nicholas Bagenow; they also divorced. In 1967, she married Oscar de la Renta.