Fashion icon Oscar de la Renta, who died on Monday at 82, is widely remembered as the man who dressed the world's most famous elegant women — Oprah Winfrey, Jacqueline Kennedy and George Clooney's bride Amal Alamuddin to name a few.

But the Dominican designer's work can also be seen on hiking trails and camp sites because De la Renta also created the Boy Scout uniform.

Tasked in 1978 with giving the Boy Scouts' uniform its biggest overhaul in nearly 60 years, de la Renta donated his time to redesign the uniform from a military one to its iconic olive-and-tan look still in use today.

Here's how Scouting magazine describes the changes:

De la Renta’s first big change was to the color scheme of the Boy Scout uniform. He chose khaki tan shirts instead of khaki green ones. The shirts were given collars that could be worn normally or turned under for use with de la Renta-designed neckerchiefs. Instead of khaki green pants, de la Renta introduced “olive drab green trousers.” Baseball-style caps replaced the old visored ones. Epaulet shoulder tabs were added, revealing the wearer’s program at a glance: red for Boy Scouting, blue for Cub Scouting and green for Exploring. Even the socks were reimagined. No more garters and tabs; the red-and-green socks had elastic cuffs designed to keep them up. Cub Scouts got uniforms that looked a lot like the new Boy Scout ones, but in navy blue. And female Scouters were given a range of blouses, skirts, shorts and scarves in the appropriate program colors. The fabric of it all — polyester and cotton — was made to be durable, stain-resistant and easier to care for. All while looking sharp.

"We felt the uniform should meet several criteria," de la Renta said in a September 1980 interview with Scouting magazine. "It should be equitable for strenuous activity; it should be made from an easy care fabric, and at the same time the wearer should still look like a Scout."

An issue of Scouting magazine from Sept. 1980 introduces Oscar de la Renta's redesigned uniforms. Image: Scouting Magazine

In 2008, the Scouts again redesigned their uniforms, choosing to move away from the multi-colored design introduced by de la Renta, instead embracing a "more subdued color palette," as Scouting puts it today.

And while de la Renta said he wanted to design a uniform “suitable for strenuous activity,” many in the Boy Scouts "felt his design was better suited for just standing around."

Heck. At least they looked good.

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story referred to de la Renta as American. That is incorrect. He is Dominican. We apologize for the error.