RIP Oscar

Oscar De La Renta was one of my greatest inspirations.  He influenced me in so many ways, ways that are almost impossible to write.  I remember the first Sex in the City I watched was when Carrie Bradshaw was astounded when the Russian called him Oscar.  He helped build the fashion industry into what it is today.  He built something that has become a multimillion dollar industry.  Im proud being part of fashion.  I can't take back the past, but I can build on the future.  As Oscar once said "fashion is a trend style is within a person." These are words that make me think and I hope I can be at least half the artist that he was.

-Persephone Jenkins