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RECALLING HER FRIENDSHIP WITH OSCAR DE LA RENTA PAOLA RAINIERI DE DIAZ OPENS THE DOORS TO THE DESIGNER’S STUNNING MANSION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

‘The best blue in the world is the shade of the sky and the sea on this island where I was born’
Oscar de la Renta

Oscar de la Renta, fashion maestro, used to say of his beloved Dominican Republic: “The Caribbean is my home and this is my place… The best blue in the world is the shade of the sky and the sea on this island where I was born.”

Naturally, although he was based in

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