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...conjures up the essence of French style, so does the name Cristobal Balenciaga evoke Hispanic style. The legendary Spanish designer, who died in 1972, reigned over high fashion from the 1930s to the 1960s with his sleek chemises and pillbox hats. Among his students were Adolfo, Oscar de la Renta, Givenchy, Ungaro and Courreges. Herrera calls Balenciaga the "greatest designer of all time," while De la Renta traces his use of ethnic accents to the master's influence: "Balenciaga made the most beautiful folkloric clothes ever made...
...wait as long as three years for trilliums to bloom requires considerable fortitude; to rise early and weed builds discipline; to construct a garden in one's mind in the dead of winter fosters purity of thought. "Sometimes what you do is for others," muses Designer Oscar de la Renta, who has transformed a Connecticut horse farm into a hilltop garden of crab-apple trees and white roses, with rows of fruit trees and swaths of delphiniums. "You may plant something you will never see yourself." He marvels at a palm tree he discovered in Florida, which erupts into blossom...
...Mediterranean coasts. Halicarnas, an enormous open-air disco, pumps music and shoots lasers until dawn. Ertegun, who was born in Istanbul and came to the U.S. as a boy, now owns a sumptuous villa in Bodrum where he entertains such glitterati as Mick Jagger and Oscar de la Renta...
...nonetheless cuts an impressive swath on the social circuit that revolves around Manhattan's Upper East Side and Washington's Georgetown. The economist, who favors custom-made shirts and conservative suits, can be spotted at parties thrown by the likes of Fashion Designer Oscar de la Renta and Publisher Malcolm Forbes. A longtime bachelor (a one-year marriage to Artist Joan Mitchell was annulled in 1953), Greenspan once dated Television Personality Barbara Walters, who calls her former escort an "excellent dancer." His current companion is Susan Mills, a managing producer of the MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour...
...Council on Inter-American Security, a conservative organization that held a Nicaraguan Freedom Gala at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. An organization called the Nicaraguan Refugee Fund is planning a $250-a-plate dinner in Washington this week; the diverse guest list includes Jeane Kirkpatrick, Oscar de la Renta and Wayne Newton. The special guest: Ronald Reagan...