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Designer Oscar de la Renta addresses the audience next to singer Juan Luis Guerra during a presentation of his collection in Mexico City in 2011.

Dominican designers were inspired by native son Oscar de la Renta

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Oscar de la Renta, who died on Monday at 82, was born and raised in the Dominican Republic. But after leaving at 18 and becoming famous around the world, he still maintained ties to his home and fellow fashion designers there, who are clamoring to have a street named after him.

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