Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American designer Oleg Cassini.
Last updated on November 20, 2024.
Oleg Cassini was a 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.
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.
Clothes are designed for the media, because it's a great show.
A woman who laughs is a woman conquered.
I am neither the handsomest nor the richest nor the most powerful, but I've had the greatest women in the world.
The best of life is to embark on an adventure with a woman interested in having an adventure with you.
Looks, health and elegance are what counts. Someone can look wonderful in a sweatsuit.
I drive my own horses in a race. And I always have.
The first lady must be a leader. She must not be a follower.
What is more important, the reality or the perception? I am perceived to be an important designer. It's enough for me.
In our society, everyone wants to be a celebrity overnight.
I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.
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.
A healthy mind and body are essential. No excesses. Proper food. The body is like a Rolls-Royce. With care, it could last 200 years. It's a dynamo; the more you use it, the more you recharge it.
I am a great believer in luck.
Life is such a tragicomedy.
Fashion anticipates.
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.
I've been around tennis, and I have a feeling for the sport. I still play tennis, and I can still do a lot of harm to a lot of people.
Today's designers don't care if fashion has no relationship to human anatomy.
My goal in life was to pursue the good life.
I'm the first American designer who went all over the world.
My philosophy is this: Do not tamper with the anatomy of a woman's body; do not camouflage it.
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.
I have programmed myself to be at least 105 years old.
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.
You might say that I'm the Michelangelo of the dress business.
I was brought up in Florence, a beautiful medieval town whose rhythm is completely in antiquity.
Every poor designer can go with things that are popular at the moment.
Grace Kelly was a glacially cool, like a wonderful sherbet in the middle of the desert. Cooling, icy, clean. She was a genetic miracle, a superior woman.
To be well dressed is a little like being in love
Good shoulders and a long waist are the most necessary when it comes to wearing clothes.
Fashion anticipates, and elegance is a state of mind ... a mirror of the time in which we live, a translation of the future, and should never be static.
Fashion anticipates ... elegance is a state of mind.