Oleg Cassini doesn't just design fashion...he lives it! Not only is he one of the world's most prestigious labels, a winner of many awards, he is recognized both for his design thinking and his ideas on living today.

Born a Count, he married a movie star and dressed countless others. With his designs for first lady Jacqueline Kennedy he garnered admiration, and even awe, for American fashion design. Since then, his passions for discipline as far afield as sports and Native American culture have fueled his work with freshness and imagination.

Born in Paris to Count and Countess Cassini, a family with ancestry that dates back to the First Crusade, his grandfather was the Russian Ambassador to the U.S.A. Cassini studied in Florence, apprenticed for Patou in Paris, then opened his own boutique in Rome. Later, Cassini headed for the glamour of Hollywood. He worked for all the major film studios and dressed countless movie stars. After serving in the U.S. Cavalry Corps during World War II, he returned to New York to open his own fashion house on Seventh Avenue. His reputation developed as a result of his genius for original spontaneous design.

Fashion historians credit him with numerous design accomplishments... the sheath, the A-line, the little white collar dress, the knit and the military look for women. With his designs for Jacqueline Kennedy, he achieved international acclaim and brought world-wide attention with innovations impossible to ignore. Cassini revitalized men's fashion by bringing color to shirts that had only been white. By putting his name and magic touch on everything from fashion to fragrance, Cassini has given millions of Americans a little bit of aristocracy to call their own.

Cassini is the prototype for the fit, trim and athletic elder statesman of competitive sports. He is a 10 handicap golfer an avid runner, top ranked celebrity tennis player, skier and an accomplished equestrian. He competes in the exciting and dangerous sport of harness racing, in which he received a professional license.