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Fashion Legend Oscar De La Renta To Be Brides.Com Guest Contributor During Fashion Week

 

Sep. 03, 2008  From www.chinaapparel.net 

NEW YORK, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Award-winning international designer Oscar de la Renta will be making a special Fashion Week appearance on Conde Nast's Brides.com (http://www.brides.com) as a guest contributor to the premier bridal destination Web site.
On September 9, 2008, Mr. de la Renta will provide Brides.com readers with advice on bridal dress styles and fine jewelry, and ideas for city, country and island weddings.

"I'm excited to join brides turning to the Web for wedding inspiration," said de la Renta. "Brides.com is a major online bridal destination and an ideal outlet for me to extend my online discussion with brides-to-be."

"Brides.com prides itself in providing the most comprehensive content available on the Web for weddings," said Michelle Preli, editor in chief of Brides.com. "On the heels of top designer Vera Wang's stint as our first guest wedding blogger, we are honored to continue bringing our community advice from leaders in the fashion industry and look forward to offering this special 'Oscar celebration' for brides."

Oscar de la Renta redesigned his company's website (www.oscardelarenta.com) in July 2008. In addition to offering e-commerce, the site also features a wealth of unique original content, including interactive editorials as well as video interviews with de la Renta himself.

About Oscar de la Renta

Oscar de la Renta is recognized as one of America's pre-eminent designers for exquisite design and feminine silhouettes. The company was established in 1965, and currently produces a full line of women's accessories, bridal, home products and fragrance, in addition to its signature women's ready-to-wear collection.

About Brides.com

Brides.com is a premier bridal destination site, with more than 1.2 million unique users every month and 60 percent year-over-year growth in traffic. Brides.com's dedicated editorial team creates original content, develops interactive tools, cultivates an engaged community and provides an array of beautiful imagery and video to empower the bride throughout her wedding-planning process. Brides.com commands a superior market position by aggregating content from three national magazines -- Brides, Modern Bride, Elegant Bride -- and 16 local bridal magazines.

(Editor: Irene Lu)