Culture of the Dominican Republic the Dominican Republic's fashion week has become the most important event of its kind in all of the Caribbean and one of the fastest growing fashion events in the entire Latin American fashion world. The country boasts one of the ten most important design schools in the region, La Escuela de Diseño de Altos de Chavón, which is making the country a key player in the world of fashion and design. World famous fashion designer Oscar de la Renta was born in the Dominican Republic in 1932 and became a US citizen in 1971. He studied under the leading Spaniard
Françoise de Langlade Françoise de Langlade Françoise de Langlade (1921 – June 17, 1983) was a magazine editor with Conde Nast Publications and the wife of fashion designer Oscar de la Renta. She was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1973. De Langlade was born in Paris, the daughter of an insurance salesman from Bordeaux, France, and a mother from Martinique. She was educated in Paris. She started her career in fashion with The House of Schiaparelli, which she left to work at "Harper's Bazaar". She joined "French Vogue" in 1951, where she served as Fashion Editor and