Françoise de Langlade (1921 – June 17, 1983) was a magazine editor with

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and the wife of fashion designer

Oscar de la Renta Óscar Arístides Renta Fiallo (22 July 1932 – 20 October 2014), known professionally as Oscar de la Renta, was a Dominican fashion designer. Born in Santo Domingo, he was trained by Cristóbal Balenciaga and Antonio del Castillo. De la Renta ...

.New York Times: "FRANCOISE DE LA RENTE, 62, A LEADER IN FASHION" by ENID NEMY
June 18, 1983 She was named to the

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Hall of Fame in 1973.

Biography

De Langlade was born in Paris, the daughter of an insurance salesman from

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, and a mother from

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. 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 Editor-in-Chief. In 1967, she married

and moved to the

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. In 1968, she joined ''

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'' where she served as Editor-at-Large. She also worked as a Fashion and Beauty Editor for Elizabeth Arden International. She is credited with using her established network of contacts to help promote her husband's brand.

Personal life

De Langlade married three times. Her first husband was French businessman Jean Bruere with whom she had one son, Jean Marc Bruere; the marriage ended in divorce. Her second husband was diplomat, Nicholas Bagenow, son of Leïla_Hagondokoff; they also divorced. In 1967, she married Oscar de la Renta. The de la Rentas had homes in

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, Kent, Connecticut, and

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. She died of

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in 1983.New York Magazine: "Positively the Last Word on Francois and Oscar" by Ann Simmons
January 19, 1981

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Langlade, Francoise de 1921 births 1983 deaths French people of Martiniquais descent Fashion editors Vogue (magazine) people French emigrants to the United States Journalists from Paris Deaths from bone cancer Deaths from cancer in New York (state)