IN PHOTOS: Celebs gather for Oscar de la Renta funeral

By Alicia Rancilio The Associated Press

Posted November 3, 2014 1:37 pm

Updated November 3, 2014 6:01 pm

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FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2011 file photo, designer Oscar de la Renta attends the Diane von Furstenberg Spring 2012 fashion show during Fashion Week in New York. Luminaries of the fashion and entertainment worlds were attending a private funeral Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, for legendary fashion designer Oscar de la Renta in New York. De la Renta died Monday, Oct. 21, 2014 at age 82. AP Photo/Diane Bondareff, File)

NEW YORK – From Hillary Rodham Clinton to Hugh Jackman to Mikhail Baryshnikov, luminaries of the fashion, entertainment and media worlds packed a Manhattan church on Monday for the private funeral of legendary fashion designer Oscar de la Renta.

Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, joined actors Jackman and Matthew Broderick, newswomen Barbara Walters, Diane Sawyer (with husband Mike Nichols) and Andrea Mitchell, dance great Mikhail Baryshnikov, and designers Diane von Furstenberg, Ralph Lauren, Michael Kors, Donna Karan and Tommy Hilfiger at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, along with Vogue editor Anna Wintour, photographer Annie Leibovitz, and supermodel Karlie Kloss.

People leave the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola on Manhattan’s Upper East Side after a private funeral for Oscar De la Renta, Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, in New York. AP Photo/Frank Franklin II

De la Renta died on Oct. 20 at his Connecticut home at the age of 82, following a battle with cancer.

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Hugh Jackman, right, leaves the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola on Manhattan’s Upper East Side after a private funeral for Oscar De la Renta, Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, in New York. AP Photo/Frank Franklin II

Diane von Furstenberg, left, and her husband Barry Diller, right, the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola on Manhattan’s Upper East Side after a private funeral for Oscar De la Renta, Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, in New York. AP Photo/Frank Franklin II

Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, leaves the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola on Manhattan’s Upper East Side after a private funeral for Oscar De la Renta, Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, in New York. P Photo/Frank Franklin II

Annie Leibovitz arrives at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola on Manhattan’s Upper East Side before a private funeral for fashion designer Oscar De la Renta, Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, in New York. AP Photo/Frank Franklin II

The Dominican-born designer, famous for his intricate workmanship and glamorous designs, was as admired on Hollywood red carpets as he was at socialites’ soirees. Most recently, Amal Alamuddin wore a de la Renta-designed dress when she married George Clooney at a lavish wedding in Venice.

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PHOTOS: Celebrities in Oscar de la Renta creations