OSCAR GETTING HIS DUE: As it turns out, The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco’s plans to showcase the life and career of Oscar de la Renta in an exhibition next year was an idea that the designer had considered. With this year marking the 50th anniversary of the company that bears his name, the designer, who died in October, had warmed up to the prospect of a retrospective for that occasion, according to Alex Bolen, chief executive officer. Over the last few years, the designer had spoken with his close friend Diane Wilsey, the museum’s president, about the idea of an exhibition to mark that milestone, Bolen said. “Oscar as a general matter was not a particularly retrospective person. He was very much somebody who wanted to look ahead and not so much look back.” Bolen said. “But he thought it was a great idea to do something that she was in favor of. It came together sadly a bit after Oscar’s death, but it came together nonetheless, which is the important thing.” Having recently paid tribute to de la Renta at the SCAD Museum of Art with a more compact selection of his designs, Andre Leon Talley will also curate the
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