FAMOUS FOLK AT HOME: Annette and Oscar de la Renta in the Dominican Republic

Oscar de la Renta's home in the Dominican Republic

 

*UPDATED* I’m sad to report that Oscar de la Renta has died, aged 82 (October 21, 2014). Thanks for the fabulous designs, Oscar. You were one of my absolute favourites. Read my tribute here. Natasha xx

 

DESIGNER HOMES: Take a look at the incredible resort home of fashion and homewares designer, Oscar de la Renta and his wife Annette in the Dominican Republic…

 

Designer Oscar de la Renta in the Dominican Republic

 

 

About Oscar and Annette de la Renta

See our profile of Oscar in KNOW YOUR FASHION HISTORY to understand the history of the man and his famous brand:

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KNOW YOUR FASHION HISTORY: Oscar de la Renta

Oscar de la Renta style archive

 

 

Their Punta Cana home is situated within the Puntacana Resort, right on the beach, between the Corales beach  and Club Med Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic:

 

MAP - Oscar de la Renta Punta Cana Dominican Republic

MAP - Oscar de la Renta Punta Cana beach house

View of Oscar's Dominican Republic beach house

 

 

At home with Annette and Oscar de la Renta, and also Bunny Williams and John Rosselli, in the Dominican Republic

Here are some images of Oscar and Annette de la Renta’s gorgeous Colonial-style Dominican Republic home.

Apparently, after staying with Oscar and Annette, their friend and fellow designer Bunny Williams and husband John Rosselli fell in love with the location and bought a Punta Cana beach house for themselves, so there are  a couple of photos from her home in the gallery below too.

 

Bunny Williams and John Rosselli

Bunny Williams and John Rosselli

 

 

 

Scroll through to see all the photos:

 

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This is Oscar’s second home in the Dominican Republic, not counting the family home where he grew up, before moving to Europe at aged 18.

 

Oscar de la Renta in his first Dominican Republic home

 

He bought his first house, on the southern part of the country, in 1971. It was a compound in Casa de Campo inspired by Thailand, full of delicious, flowering, scented plants such as orchids, gardenia, ylang-ylang, and tuberose.

 

Oscar de la Renta and his first wife the late Francoise de Langlade at Casa de Campo Dominican Republic, Oscar's first house

Oscar de la Renta and his first wife, the late Francoise de Langlade,
at Casa de Campo in the Dominican Republic, as featured
in
Town & Country magazine 1974

 

Moving to his second house, a Palladian-inspired villa, in the late 1990s, enticed by the pristine beaches of the east coast and a new luxury residential and holiday enclave in the Punta Cana area.

 

Oscar de la Renta's resort home in the Dominican Republic

 

He tried to replicate the sensuality of the luscious Casa de Campo garden, but found the climate was different, with more wind and exposure to the elements.

And having just accepting and developing the natural palm-tree-and-grass landscape, Hurricane Georges destroyed it all in 1998, devasting the the garden, the pool, the trees, and much of the private beach. The house survived, at least.

 

Oscar de la Renta's garden in Punta Cana gardens in the Dominican Republic

 

The garden has taken 14 years to be re-established, and additional buildings have been erected, such as Casa Eliza where step-daughter Eliza Reed Bolen and her husband, Alex, stay when visiting.

See our profile of Oscar to learn more about the family and their role in the Oscar de la Renta brand.

 

The gardens of Annette and Oscar de la Renta in the Dominican Republic

 

Architectural Digest has an article from 2012 with more detail, as do Vanity Fair, Vogue and Hello magazines, including photographs by François Halard.

Learn more about the Dominican Republic via Wikipedia.

 

 

 

 

See our post and photos for Tortuga Bay at Puntacana Resort & Club, which Oscar designed and c0-owned:

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DESIGNER HOTELS AND SPAS: Oscar de la Renta's Tortuga Bay

At look at the hotel of designer and co-owner Oscar de la Renta in the Dominican Republic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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