A Natalie Cole gown designed by Oscar de la Renta

A Natalie Cole gown designed by Oscar de la Renta
Champagne-colored full-length evening gown heavily beaded with bugle beads, sequins, rhinestones, and thin cord, with an Egyptian-style collar and built-in bustier, lined in matching chiffon, bearing an interior "Oscar de la Renta / size 6" label. Accompanied by a tag written by Cole's wardrobe mistress inscribed, "Do not wear in the following city: Costa Mesa, CA." Cole was careful to not repeat her costumes while touring the country. Cole wore this sumptuous gown on October 17, 2011, to the New York Angel Ball which benefited Gabrielle's Angel Foundation, an organization which invests in research for the treatment of leukemia. Accompanied by a photo of Cole wearing the gown.
Provenance: Natalie Cole, then by descent to the present owner.