Dominican Republic Renta was born in the Dominican Republic in 1932, and became a US citizen in 1971. He studied under the leading Spaniard designer Cristóbal Balenciaga and then worked with the house of Lanvin in Paris. By 1963, he had designs bearing his own label. After establishing himself in the US, de la Renta opened boutiques across the country. His work blends French and Spaniard fashion with American styles. Although he settled in New York, de la Renta also marketed his work in Latin America, where it became very popular, and remained active in his native Dominican Republic, where his charitable
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