Oscar de la Renta married Annette Engelhard (born 1939), daughter of Fritz Mannheimer and his wife Jane née Reiss, and adoptive daughter of her mother's second husband, Charles W. Engelhard, Jr. De la Renta had stepchildren from both marriages. His son-in-law Alex Bolen currently operates as Chief Executive Officer, and stepdaughter Eliza Bolen serves as Vice President of Licensing at Oscar de la Renta, LLC. De la Renta was regarded as an unofficial ambassador of the Dominican Republic, his home country, and held a diplomatic passport. He had homes there in Casa de Campo and Punta Cana, in addition to his residence in Kent,
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Fernando Vargas two. De La Hoya expressed interest in the bout, provided that Vargas take a pre-fight drug test to prove he was clean. However, De La Hoya opted to challenge WBC super welterweight champion Ricardo Mayorga instead (a fight in which De La Hoya prevailed). Oscar De La Hoya vs. Fernando Vargas Oscar De La Hoya vs. Fernando Vargas, billed as "Bad Blood", was a professional boxing match contested on September 14, 2002, for De La Hoya's WBC and lineal super welterweight (light–middleweight) championships, Vargas' WBA super welterweight championship, and the vacant "The Ring" light–middleweight championship. The long-awaited De La Hoya–Vargas