Oscar De La Renta Spring 1979 Runway Show

A look into our archives. The Oscar de la Renta Spring 1979 collection debuted with an intimate runway show. Corsetry, Victorian collars and eye-catching prints stand out.
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Established in New York City in 1965, Oscar de la Renta is one of the world's leading luxury brands.
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[@adrianna9458]

i'm getting so much seretonin from watching this that i'm quite literally crying tears

[@valarya]

one could say this fashion show, on its own, set the tone for the entirety of 80s fashion

[@kennethodister8461]

what a classic show these clothes can be worn today.

[@angelliwanag6574]

So true ! Classic and so elegant, the fashion and the models.

[@angelliwanag6574]

My thoughts exactly!

[@susansusan138]

Timeless. Yes they can

[@InsaneNuYawka]

The designs were very ahead of the times considering it looks fabulously 80s and it’s a Spring 1979 collection. Still classy and timeless in its elegance.

[@corneliuswashington-gp1we]

....the hats alone are superb....so chic....

[@lemisi79]

I love the way these ladies walk, stride. The absolute summum of grace, elegance and joy. They would actually give you a smile from time to time. Nowadays its just stamping with their feet on the catwalk, an unsatisfied or even grumpy look on their face. True sense of grace, beauty and style is still not for sale. You are born with it or not. These ladies could wear a potatobag and still look like a queen.

[@joyandpeacefullaughter5307]

They do what they are told

[@miaya3898]

tie grumpy ness is a back lash to the supermodel era.

[@The70sGal-mf2xc]

I love the music. It reminds me of growing up as a kid in the 70's and the same music playing in department stores.

[@miaya3898]

probably not the music they used for copyright

[@jaytee3478]

Love how the models smile & make eye contact with the audience!

[@lastdays3148]

The Sophisticated Beauty Alva Chinn🌹 All of the Models were Beautiful🌹

[@ramboram03]

For those wondering the show was in the Fall of 1978, buyers see the clothes a season before they are released. Yes these clothes fit very well in 1985-86 than what people were actually wearing in 1978 , so Oscar was almost 10 years ahead of mainstream fashion.

[@joannehines7806]

Cat would also take me to fashion shows like these! Miss these days & going to the sewing stores to flick threw all the different patterns of world-class fashion designers!! 💘

[@marymary68ify]

Alva Chinn was absolutely fabulous with her twirling 14:25

[@deannawitt9376]

Stunning show. 🎉Jerry Hall🎉🎉

[@flashflame4952]

YEP before she lost her mind and married that old, rich raisin Murdoch!

[@marymary68ify]

I just adore Jerry Hall at this show.

[@lizzykay9912]

Definitely seeing signs of the Glam to come in the 80's. But the dresses themselves were so restrained but lovely. I guess that's why this became office fashion.

[@m.woodsrobinson9244]

Very forward looking for 1979! Good show!

[@ramboram03]

The show actually took place on Sept 1978, during NY fashion week for Spring.

[@fashiondolldreamer]

Back when fashion shows were about great CLOTHES... and the models sure knew how to show them.... and WHAT models!!! I see Jerry Hall, Kirat, Dalma, Alva Chinn, Marie Helvin, and lots of other big runway models from the 70's. What a vintage runway gem... more please!!!! (I would love to see Spring 1983!)

[@chriswayne570]

These runway videos are Uber comforting

[@silverkitty2503]

you could literally wear this anytime from the 1920s -2024 and look fab..

[@lastdays3148]

March Madness 2020 Corona Virus and I would loved to enter into a Time Machine to zoomed me out of the 21st Century🤦🏾‍♀️ I grew up as a little girl,during that fabulous 1970s Decade and I've always loved Glamorous Fashion🙋🏾‍♀️ Mr.Oscar is one of my favorite Designers his Fashion Runway Shows were Elegant. I love the Elegant,Glamorous and Feminine Wardrobes from that 70s Decade. The Models were always Superb from their Sophisticated & Feminine Runway Walk and the Glamorous one of a kind Wardrobe Attire 🌹Fast forwarded towards our time now the 21st Century and his 1979 Runway Collection could be worn today. This is the 21st Century that really needs the Elegant & Fashionable Attire.

[@seventiesgirl6449]

Take me back to 1979.

[@somerandomvertebrate9262]

It's 1979 and we've reached the 80's!

[@ramboram03]

The show actually took place on Sept 1978, during NY fashion week for Spring.

[@somerandomvertebrate9262]

@@ramboram03 Thank you! Being a sucker for cultural history, this is the precise kind of information I love to know! 😋

[@mp-lz4he]

Jerry hall !

[@escherita]

Love it pure Elegance. Bring back the pleat front skirt. Too many sausage casings today!

[@Sweettweety666]

When the models were in their late 20's, had a semi normal figure and they looks like they had actually fun. Wish the shows were still this this way but they are the complete opposite now a day's.

[@joannehines7806]

Damn! This reminds.me.so much.of my late.fostermom, the one & only beautiful Ms. Catherine " Cat" Briggs!! Cat was a fantastically talented & gifted seamstress!! She was a businesswoman ( owned her own sportswear & seat.cushion companies & sewed her family's clothes)! Love & miss you, Cat! 🐱

[@user-pb8ik3lo9r]

The balloons ❤

[@miltondelacruz7033]

This runway was featured at the end of Frederick Wiseman’s documentary Model.

[@burgermister7580]

Guy won't get out of the way

[@lastdays3148]

Hilarious😂 I was saying would he please sit down so I could see the Models Modeling wearing the Fabulous Mr. Oscar De La Renta Wardrobe Attire.

[@robertoligresti8777]

@@lastdays3148 Wasn't he Rob Yoh?

[@Friend2FriendnMA]

@@robertoligresti8777 Who cares who he is? How rude to walking runway as the show begins. Oscar should have beat him with a shoe heel. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@miaya3898]

​@@Friend2FriendnMAhe was attractive, at least

[@snow640]

Yea the clothes are still fashionable to wear now though

[@robertomendez3237]

Back to those Glory days

[@barbaralanati8428]

Wonderful!

[@Basilllios]

Ощущение будто бы это 1984 год 😊

[@brvndxxxn]

Beautiful

[@cj222100]

Omg that very first model that came out ❤

[@mariabettega2645]

Did I see Jerry Hall? great fashions

[@drawntofashionillustration9596]

Yup

[@hankmcaff9350]

Wow, Dalma!!

[@drawntofashionillustration9596]

Jerry looking epic

[@GorfLlubz]

The camera work was funny

[@dtro5853]

This is what models should look like and how they should move. Also, clothes should be elegant and fitted.

[@MANILABOY6631]

Dalma Callado

[@gregorytereshko1643]

Luv her

[@selmagmail]

Kiss from Brazil!

[@user-qp2cw3po4h]

Take a shot everytime the model twirl 🤣🤣🤣

[@fauzianalwoga1002]

My now late mum's birth year 😢

[@leslieholland6477]

She was so young🥲

[@chriswayne570]

Miss Jeri Hall, hunny 🔥🔥

[@CAMEROON636]

💞💞💞💞 Classic

[@dystopian-oo4ud]

Wonder if this was at Oscar DeLa Rentas showroom...

[@MANILABOY6631]

The model wearing the yellow dress at 12:28 had a little round tummy.

[@andrewdock7288]

Probably pregnant.

[@jeanettewilson1233]

Love Oscar de la Renta

[@colibri1]

This is to typical of the trends introduced during the previous fall '78 collections, looks presented across the fashion world that season: the broad, padded shoulders that would characterize the eighties, the tilted forties-fifties-style hats, the narrow skirts, the fifties-style pumps, all considered revival styles at the time. This is not a criticism, just a reminder that designers just join in with the trends of the time and are rarely innovators (especially during this period, when looks like this, classic as they seem to us today, were called "retro").

[@Lo_renz_Davis_]

What song is at 2:35

[@mp-lz4he]

Marie helvin !

[@The70sChick]

0:30 Jerry Hall

[@sheikhtijandrammeh683]

When fashion was classy.

[@lmarteen2778]

Yes I agree, now fashion is trashion!

[@sheikhtijandrammeh683]

@@lmarteen2778 most designers now are not creative and do nonesense for attention.

[@gcmacyman]

Considering the poorly planned and ridiculously tight runway space these models were fantastic. Shame on whoever planned the venue as it was horrible considering it's Oscar De La Renta ! Billie Blair rocked !!!

[@harveyrobinson8819]

I know the first model . That’s Carole 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

[@logenkovaoalogenkovaoa1395]

Дефеле - начало начал? 😍

[@elvinknight1445]

Nothing like the past X

[@garethbowen9894]

I spy 70s supermodel marie helvin

[@aminahshabazz8689]

Alva Chinn! Yes! Jeri Hall! Yes! But where is our most beautiful Beverly Johnson?!! 😒

[@ofwhanapbahay8337]

The models doing 360 turns make me nauseous.

[@Elias-hy5ps]

These days a fashion show looks more like a circus.

[@adrianna9458]

who is this woman at 4:25 she gorgeous

[@robertoligresti8777]

Alva Chinn

[@aminahshabazz8689]

Alva Chinn! Yes Girl! WORK!!!

[@corneliuswashington-gp1we]

.....the legendary Alva Chinn...

[@candacewebb120]

🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

[@gemmafasheun5773]

I've chosen to watch this as I'm born in 1979 and wondered what was like in that year. I must say I didn't like those clothes at all and for those who say they are still wearable today, I want to see who would wear those kind of pink pants. What I liked most was the smiles and nice walk that the models did which you can hardly see in today's runways.

[@jrmetmoi]

Are you blind? Fashion back in 1979 was the absolute best

[@MOTHATALKS]

I see black models so why do they act like there was none bunch of lies ...... now runways look like Zimbabwe

[@miaya3898]

in the 80s the top 3 paid were all poc iman dalma anna bayle

[@LannieLord]

1979...not a high point in fashion....

[@jessiemayfield6749]

Wow so unprofessional compared to today’s almost art runway shows! I had no idea how far we’d come

[@drawntofashionillustration9596]

What? Look how they walk! I mean today’s Insta nepo babies just stomp and no personalities. Wake up.

[@TheBeverly7]

@jessiemayfield6749 You obviously don't know what you're talking about!!!!

[@TheBeverly7]

​@@drawntofashionillustration9596Ignore that nonsensical comment!!!