BACKSTAGE CONFIDENTIAL: OSCAR DE LA RENTA 2006

Perfect Ten

De la Renta may have adored his purple silk faille dress for its “unexpected” color, but when it comes to matters of beauty, he isn’t exactly tickled by surprises. “Oscar always chooses soft, ballerina-like shades,” says manicurist Jin Soon, who has worked on several of his collections. This season, she sent models down the runway with their fingertips kissed by Revlon Sheer Nude, one of the drugstore brand’s top-selling shades.