Oscar de la Renta, design label

The coordinated fabrics that make up the jacket and trousers of the Oscar de la Renta suit explicitly refer to the exuberant naturalism of late 18th-century silk woven textiles. This circa 1800 Portuguese or Spanish example features vases framed by floral garlands and doves holding olive twigs; such patterns reflect the aristocratic taste for pastoral themes and the idyllic country life, as expressed by the Neoclassical aesthetic style.