Visiting Oscar de le Renta- The Office

If you missed my previous posts about visiting the OdlR showroom, see them here and here.

Today's post is the third and final installment of my Oscar de la Renta shots (sad face). I'm so excited to show you a little bit of the office! 

A gorgeous illustration in Oscar's office. Also, can you see just some of the hundreds of books in his library? I was dying. All the fashion and art books I have ever wanted in one place.

This issuch an epic picture. It's Audrey Hepburn and Oscar, and Audrey is eating french fries. I love Audrey more and more each day...

Just a few of Oscar's many books.

In the sewing room, the ladies tack up pictures of dresses, as well as shots of their family and grandchildren. Erika pointed this out to me; a picture of Jesus and a picture of Oscar right beside it. "I don't try to understand the symbolism behind this" she said. I don't really get it either. But it makes me smile nonetheless.

An awful shot of an impressive notions collection

Just some of the thousands of fabrics in the fabric room. How gorgeous are all those colors?!

In the main lobby. Pictures of Karlie Kloss from the fall campaign. 

I envy everyone who gets to work here! They also pointed out that Michelle Williams is wearing an Oscar dress of the cover of October's issue of Vogue. Cool, no? Big thanks to Oscar de la Renta for letting me come in, and thanks to Ashley for the use of her camera. 

Visiting Oscar de le Renta- The Spring 2012 Collection Part 2

If you missed part one, see it here!

"I love these... all of these..." I said talking about some of the lace pieces. "Oh, they're lovely." Said of of the stylish ladies working in Oscar's PR department. I really think "lovely" is the perfect word to describe anything Oscar de la Renta. Ladylike, sophisticated, chic, and never dated. It's easy to see why it's one of my all-time favorite brands. (It's probably why it's one of yours too.)

How stunning is this embroidery?

These are just a few of many simple cotton dresses that just stole my heart. The prints were just too good to be true.

Did I mention that this one has pockets? That makes it 1000 times better.

 The amount of detail on a mere sleeve is incredible.

Ombre de la Renta. I like it.

I'm in love with this fabric!

Every time one of the ladies at Oscar looked at a dress or told me about a piece, they got so excited about it. It was like the first time they were seeing it. They had so much enthusiasm and passion about the clothes and it's not hard to see that they love the line and they love what they do. 

So... prettiest coat ever?

To my great sadness,  I had seen the whole collection, and it was time to say goodbye. The front had already closed and I was led out the back. "Come on," I was told. "We'll take you out the same way we take Sarah Jessica..." 
Huge thanks again to OscarPRGirl and to my good friend Ashley for letting me borrow her fantastic camera.
See part 1 of my visit HERE. Stay tuned for the third and final part tomorrow!

Visiting Oscar de le Renta- The Spring 2012 Collection Part 1

Recently, I was given the absolute privilege to visit the Oscar de le Renta offices and check out the Spring 2012 collection!
I was thrilled and so honored that they would even let me come in at all, and they were so ridiculously nice that I quickly stopped freaking out and just remembered why I came in the first place-the clothes. The collection is downright stunning, but then again, when is a collection of Oscar de la Renta not stunning?
Within a few minutes, I found out that not only would I get to meet the much-loved OscarPRGirl, but that SHE would be the one showing me around the office. (Crazy, right?) Erika, (OscarPRGirl) is positively lovely. Not only is she stunning in looks, but she's fantastic to talk to, and she asked me tons of questions about me and my life and what I do. I love her! We chatted about blogging, social media, camera's, the clothes, Oscar, etc. She's fantastic. I was sitting in the OdlR lobby, twiddling my thumbs, trying to sit up straight, and trying my best to not be intimidated by all the fantastically well dressed individuals around me. The office was humming, but in a very orderly way. It's obviously a place where work gets done. In the main recenption area, you hear the sound track of the Spring 2012 runway show playing (Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd!) and a video of the runway show plays on repeat. Erika walked out in a gray long sleeved shirt, burnt orange high-waisted-and-wide-legged pants and said "Justine?" 
We went right into the showroom, and I was able to begin photographing the collection instantly. She apologized that I wouldn't be able to meet Oscar himself, saying that he had to leave just before I had gotten there. Something about not wanting to late to picking up Barbara Walters for a dinner...
  Here, Lovelies, are my favorite details the Oscar de le Renata Spring 2012 collection!

I spy @OscarPRGirl!

I love the intricacy of this material.

Sequins and feathers in a beautiful black, white, and purple confetti. What could be more lovely?

 I decided while I was there that this dress in white would be my wedding dress.

These are details from a dress that wasn't shown on the runway. It's a real shame too. It's such a pretty dress.

"We call this color chartreuse. We just love it."- Erika

This look is such a showstopper.

An equally stunning look.

Dang.

It was really neat to see this dress because I had only blogged about it the week before. Then five days later I was seeing it in person. Life is funny...

This is a new fabric that Oscar is using for the first time. It's really fascinating. It looks wet but it feels like silk and it's super shiny.

Frida Gustavsson wore this one!

Stay tuned for part two tomorrow!