OLEG CASSINI: ICONIC AND ENDURING.(Biography)

From: WWD | Date: March 20, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Mort Sheinman, with contributions from Rosemary Feitelberg, Marc Karimzadeh and David Moin

NEW YORK - Oleg Cassini, the swashbuckling designer whose name will forever be linked with that of Jacqueline Kennedy, his most celebrated client, will be remembered as much for his cult of personality and licensing prowess as for his clothes. He died Friday from a broken blood vessel in the head at North Shore Hospital, according to his wife Marianne Nestor. He was 92.

In a career that began during the Great Depression and continued into the 21st century, Cassini combined ...

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