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
Magdalena Frackowiak Magdalena Frackowiak Magdalena Frąckowiak (; born 8 October 1984) is a Polish model and jewellery designer who began appearing on international runways in 2006. Born in Gdańsk, Poland, Frąckowiak was sixteen, when her mother Danuta, sent her pictures to a Warsaw agency's modeling contest, which she won. Her first paid assignment was for "Machina" magazine. Frąckowiak resided in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada when she moved from Poland. Frąckowiak featured prominently in the 2008 Ralph Lauren, Alessandro Dell'Acqua, and Oscar de la Renta print campaigns, and she has been on the cover of Italian, German, Japanese, and Russian "Vogue" and French Revue