Oscar de la Renta with Fern Mallis

De la Renta shot to fame in the 1960s as one of the designers who dressed Jacqueline Kennedy.

Since then, Nancy Reagan, Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton, Beyoncé, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sandra Bullock, Penelope Cruz and countless other noteworthy women have made a splash wearing his opulent, tasteful designs. He has won numerous Coty and Council of Fashion Designers of America awards, including the CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990.

Moderator Fern Mallis, former Senior VP of IMG Fashion and Executive Director of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, created, centralized and organized NY Fashion Week and led other fashion weeks and events around the world as IMG's global "Fashion Ambassador." She hosts Fashion Insiders with Fern Mallis on Sirius XM Celebrity talk radio station STARS 107 and is the creator of the new FERN FINDS: globally-inspired line of jewelry. She launched Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis at 92nd Street Y in 2011 and during her first season interviewed Norma Kamali, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Tommy Hilfiger, Tom Ford and Michael Kors.