Services for Marianna Mason Sheridan, who created an archive of Oscar de la Renta‘s designs, will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Christ Church in Charlotte, N.C. Sheridan, whose work became the core of an exhibit of de la Renta’s major designs, died on Saturday after a long illness, surrounded by her family. She was 50 years old.
Sheridan graduated in 1989 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in English. She took a job in 1992 in the corporate communications department of Duke Power, where she fielded calls from reporters at all hours of the day and night. In 1995, she joined First Union as vice president and became an important member of the corporate and investment banking team, rising to senior vice president before retiring in 2000.
Once her children were older and more independent, Sheridan almost by chance embarked on a new career. Several years ago, after a small exhibition of Oscar de la Renta’s work, culled from the collections of longtime clients, she suggested that the company create a proper corporate archive to preserve the legacy of the designer.
“We signed on under the condition that she herself run it,” said Alex Bolen,
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