cancer. A year later, Mr. de la Renta was moved by the story of an abandoned infant being cared for at the orphanage he supported in the Dominican Republic. He adopted the boy, Moises. In 1989, Mr. de la Renta married Annette Reed. Besides his wife, survivors include his son and three stepchildren.
He married Francois de Langlade, editor of French Vogue, who died in 1983. His second wife, who survives him, is philanthropist Annette Reed. After de Langlade's death, he adopted a son, Moises, who is a designer and artist.