Cassini, Oleg, 1913-2006

LC control no.	n 86121792
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Cassini, Oleg, 1913-2006 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Loiewski Cassini, Oleg, 1913-2006
Associated country	Italy United States
Birth date	1913-04-11
Death date	2006-03-17
Place of birth	Paris (France)
Place of death	Manhasset (N.Y.)
Field of activity	Fashion Fashion drawing Fashion merchandising
Affiliation	Paramount Pictures Corporation Accademia di belle arti (Florence, Italy)
Profession or occupation	Fashion designers Costume designers
Found in	His In my own fashion, c1987: CIP t.p. (Oleg Cassini) data sheet (b. 4/11/13) New York times WWW site, Mar. 21, 2006 (in obituary dated Mar. 19: Oleg Cassini; b. Oleg Loiewski Cassini, Apr. 11, 1913, Paris, to Marguerite Cassini and Alexander Loiewski; d. Friday [Mar. 17, 2006], Long Island, aged 92; a son of impoverished Italian and Russian nobility who achieved fame and wealth as a fabulously successful couturier based in New York, designing clothes for some of the world's most glamorous women as well as middle-class shoppers) Wikipedia, 7 June 2016: individual entry (Born: Oleg Cassini Loiewski; April 11, 1913, Paris, France; Died: March 17, 2006, (aged 92), Manhasset, New York, U.S.; Nationality: United States; Occupation: Fashion designer; Oleg Cassini (April 11, 1913-March 17, 2006), American fashion designer born to an aristocratic Russian family with maternal Italian ancestry. He studied fine art under painter Giorgio de Chirico at the Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze. 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 became particularly well known as a designer for Jacqueline Kennedy whilst she was First Lady of the United States) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Cassini>
Associated language	eng