10 Memorable Gowns Designed by Oscar de la Renta

Best Oscars Gown

Actress Jennifer Garner looked exquisite in this silver, flapper-inspired de la Renta gown at the 86th Annual Academy Awards in 2014.

"He always wanted women to be the star of the look. He was never trying to take over and be the boss. The sketches that he did for me at the Oscars last year, every single one of them he sketched my face in. It wasn’t just a sketch of some dress— it was how it would be on me, specifically. I was so lucky to get to work with him and to know him even just a little bit,” she recently said of the look.

Best Long Red Carpet Gown

Oprah Winfrey wore this custom navy silk number—and posed with the designer himself!—at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala in 2010.

Best Short Red Carpet Gown

Sarah Jessica Parker chose a ballerina-chic, pink feathered de la Renta dress for the 2000 Emmy Awards, which she attended as a nominee for her role as Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and the City.

Best 'Little Black Dress'

Oscar-winning actress Anne Hathaway stunned in this short, textured black de la Renta gown (accessorized with red, peep-toe pumps!) on the Tony Awards red carpet in 2009.

Best Wedding Gown

Former First Daughter Jenna Bush Hager donned a bespoke gown designed by de la Renta for her Crawford, Texas nuptials in 2008.

The iconic designer, a close friend of the Bush family, created both Jenna's embroidered organza dress and First Lady Laura Bush's deep turquoise 'mother-of-the-bride' gown for the occasion.

Best Red, Red Carpet Gown

Tina Fey wore this cardinal-hued floral gown to the 2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards in one of her best red carpet looks to date.

Best Patterned Gown

12 Years a Slave star Lupita Nyong'o looked perfectly playful and polished in this polka-dotted gown with a peplum detail at the 100th Annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in May.

Best Strapless Gown

Amy Adams made many 'Best Dressed' lists when she wore this ethereal, powder blue textured dress with a sweetheart neckline at the 2013 Academy Awards.

Best Gown Train

Sarah Jessica Parker makes our list twice! The actress wowed in this de la Renta custom creation at the 2014 Met Gala.

"I said to Mr. De la Renta, please let me use scarlet embroidery thread, and splash your name across the back. It was my idea. He would never in a million years have done it, he’s far too modest," she said of the gown featuring the designer's signature on the train.

Best Pink Gown

Actress Rachel Weisz looked pretty in pink in this de la Renta number at the 2010 Met Costume Institute Gala.

The vibrant, silk faille strapless gown perfectly accentuated her frame through the draped bodice detail.