Legendary fashion designer Oscar de la Renta died at his Connecticut home after an eight-year battle with cancer, his wife, Annette de la Renta, said.
He was 82 when he died on Monday.
De la Renta worked in the fashion industry for more than 50 years, and became influential in the 1960s after dressing Jacqueline Kennedy.
He dressed all the First Ladies in the U.S. since, and was a bipartisan favorite among Nancy Reagan, Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush, while Michelle Obama recently showed off one of his dresses at a White House event.
His fashion house continues to dress notable stars to this day, including Sarah Jessica Parker, Allison Williams, Eva Mendes and Jessica Biel.
He recently dressed Amal Alamuddin for her wedding with George Clooney in September.
"While our hearts are broken by the idea of life without Oscar, he is still very much with us. Oscar's hard work, his intelligence and his love of life are at the heart of our company," a handwritten statement signed by his stepdaughter Eliza Reed Bolen and her husband, Alex Bolen said. "All that we have done, and all that we will do, is informed by his values and his spirit. Through Oscar's example we know the way forward. We will make Oscar very proud of us by continuing in an even stronger way the work that Oscar loved so much."
Born in 1932 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, de la Renta left when he was 18 to study in Spain.
In 1957, he got his first gig sketching with Cristóbal Balenciaga in 1957.
Later, he moved to Paris to join Antonio del Castillo as an assistant at Lanvin. In 1963, he moved to New York and was quickly offered a designing Elizabeth Arden's made-to-order clothing in her boutique.
Two years later, he launched his own fashion house, designing his own ready-to-wear collections. On top of it all, he designed for the French fashion brand Balmain from 1993-2002.
Vogue described de la Renta as "a man who for five-plus decades created exquisite clothes which have majestically sailed between the Old and New Worlds; European haute couture savoir faire and the beautifully dressed can-do optimism of the United States."
