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THE CONVERSATIONALIST In "Couture Confessions," out this summer from Rizzoli, Pamela Golbin, a chief fashion curator at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, crafts a series of "impossible conversations" with icons from Poiret and Balenciaga to Saint Laurent and McQueen, based on the designers' own quotations. Yann Legendre's witty and precise illustrations add the visual punch. A TRIBUTE IN STYLE In March, the first major survey of fashion designer Oscar de la Renta bows at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. Curated by André Leon Talley, Vogue's former editor-at-large—and lifelong friend of de la Renta—the show takes a holistic look at the designer from his earliest professional days in Spain to his ultimate position as an international fashion leader. Encompassing five decades of gowns and ready-to-wear, the show brings together 130 garments that embody de La Renta's innovative silhouettes as well as his whimsical imagination. Created in collaboration with his estate, the exhibition is a love note to a legend. The show brings together 130 garments that embody de La Renta's innovative silhouettes as well as his whimsical imagination. COURTESY OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO 48 BAL HARBOUR The designer with Jacqueline de Ribes, circa 1965; at left, Iman wearing one of the designer's caftans.