Oleg Cassini
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"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.

He gained additional renown by designing for FLOTUS/First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. "The Jackie Look" was highly influential in American design. Cassini's designs such as the A-line, Sheath dress/sheath and the empire strapless dresses continue to be influential. He was inspired by sports and Native American culture.

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In Hollywood, I was used to getting a script and a star and they'd say, 'Do it. Now, with her, it was the same thing. I had to create a persona.

The other ladies wore fur coats, and they looked like bears.

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.