Baba Helps Fashion-Week Friend Avoid Wawa After Oscar de la Renta ShowYesterday’s Oscar de la Renta Oscar de la Renta (born July 22, 1932) is a leading fashion designer. Early years De la Renta (born Oscar Aristides Renta Fiallo) was born in the Dominican Republic to a Dominican mother and a Puerto Rican father. show, at a Christian Science Christian Science, religion founded upon principles of divine healing and laws expressed in the acts and sayings of Jesus, as discovered and set forth by Mary Baker Eddy and practiced by the Church of Christ, Scientist. Church on Park Avenue*, took place in a grand, two-story room anchored with White House-esque columns at the front. Mr. de la Renta employed a diverse cast of models, among them a handful of the most prominent African-American up-and-comers (his Spring 2009 runway was also less pale than many designers’), and his collection featured belted, First Lady-appropriate day dresses and gowns in lively, contrasting colors. One couldn’t help but wonder if this famous First Lady clothier of administrations past wasn’t trying to send someone a message here? Regardless, the only political figure present was Barbara Bush (the younger), whose mother favors Mr. de la Renta. The young Ms. Bush wore a peacoat and blue scarf and was ushered to her seat mere seconds before the show began with Derek Blasberg Derek Blasberg was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He moved to New York City to study Dramatic Literature and Journalism at New York University, from which he graduated with honors in 2004. , ubiquitous consort to young social types. The Upper East Side social contingent had also rallied, of course—Marjorie Gubelmann, Alexandra Lind Rose, Marina Rust, Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer—not to mention Barbara Walters Barbara Jill Walters[1] (born September 25, 1929[2]) is an American journalist, writer and media personality who has been a regular fixture on morning television shows (Today and The View), an evening news magazine (20/20 , a close personal friend of Mr. de la Renta’s who spent the Christmas holiday with the designer and his wife, Annette, at their estate in the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic (dəmĭn`ĭkən), republic (2005 est. pop. 8,950,000), 18,700 sq mi (48,442 sq km), West Indies, on the eastern two thirds of the island of Hispaniola. The capital and largest city is Santo Domingo. (where they were joined by the Kissingers and Joel Klein Joel I. Klein is Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, the largest public school system in the United States with over 1.1 million students in over 1,420 schools. , according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Cathy Horyn’s recent profile of Mr. de la Renta in the Times’ style magazine). Ms. Walters was seated in the second row (perhaps to avoid the photographers, in which case, better luck next time!). She donned red-framed glasses throughout and afterward declared the collection “very glamorous, and yet, you know, some practical pieces.” She sighed heavily when asked to name her own favorite de la Renta frock. “Well, look what I’m wearing,” she said, motioning downward to her cream-colored shirt and matching long coat. “God knows how old this is!” Suddenly a blonde friend of Ms. Walters’ appeared. “Do you want me to drop you?” Ms. Walters asked solicitously so·lic·i·tous adj. 1. a. Anxious or concerned: a solicitous parent. b. Expressing care or concern: made solicitous inquiries about our family. . “Are you going my way?” “No, but I will, I don’t mind darling,” assured Babs. “It’s snowing and raining!” protested the friend. “I have a car.” And with that, Ms. Walters pulled on a fur-lined overcoat with massive furry hood and (after pausing in the lobby for a brief TV interview or two) escaped the building arm-in-arm with her friend. *A previous version of this article characterized the space as a "former" Christian Science church. 
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