Oleg Cassini
Oleg Cassini
Oleg Cassini was an American fashion designer born to an aristocratic Russian family with maternal Italian ancestry. He came to the United States as a young man after starting as a designer in Rome, and quickly got work with Paramount Pictures. Cassini established his reputation by designing for films...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth11 April 1913
CountryUnited States of America
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At the very beginning of my career, when I opened my business in Italy, I was also a ranked tennis player. I had won many tournaments. To be an athlete was my first choice. Second choice: designer. However! There was more money in being a designer at that time.
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A first date should be elegant. In comfortable surroundings. A place with excellent food, where you can talk easily and get to know each other.
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I was brought up in Florence, a beautiful medieval town whose rhythm is completely in antiquity.
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Every time you choose a perfume, you are voting. And, of course, I hope you vote for me. Not only for my ego, but for my pocketbook. The more you buy, the more money I make.
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Be mobile at all times, even if it causes you suffering or feelings of loneliness. Unless you're willing to do that, you're never going to get the bigger rewards.
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A designer is like a doctor for a woman. He has a specific job, and if he is doing it well, he will have the gratitude of the woman for the rest of his life.
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What is more important, the reality or the perception? I am perceived to be an important designer. It's enough for me.
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My philosophy is this: Do not tamper with the anatomy of a woman's body; do not camouflage it.
I'm the first American designer who went all over the world.
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The planning was constant, the logistical invasion of every country she visited, every party she attended the cloth, the weather, the sensitivity of the people and what they wanted to see her in.