CUTE VINTAGE OLEG CASINNI SIGNATURE BISON SUMMER DRESS IN BEAUTIFUL COLORS

The information below on Oleg Cassini is from the Vintage Fashion Guild and my thanks to them.

Oleg Cassini (1913-2006) first started designing in 1936, working for various stores in New York City. In 1940 he went to Hollywood where he designed costumes for 20th Century Fox. There, he met and married actress Gene Tierney in 1941. By the early 1950s he was back in New York, where he was designing under his own name. His look was very sexy and, at times, flamboyant.

But he was best known as the “Couturier to Camelot,” and his fashion collaboration with First Lady Jackie Kennedy. That collaboration had a profound impact on the way American women dressed, with the “Jackie O” look coming to mean simple designs with easy fit, straight lines, boxy jackets, and very restrained use of trims or ornamentation. Since the mid 1960s, he did little top line ready-to-wear and licensed his name extensively in swimwear, hosiery, foundations, sportswear, fur, and costume jewelry, to name but a few lines of products.

One of Oleg Cassini’s last lines was the Platinum Collection, made to order evening and bridal gowns based on his 1960s designs for Mrs. Kennedy. He died in March, 2006.

A very cute summer sun dress adorned with American bisons scattered over the skirt along with his Oleg Cassini's signature.

I love the colors in this dress because the top is white and then there are bright colors on the skirt in Marine Blue, Emerald, Scarlet, Tan and Mandarin.

This dress may have been custom made using Oleg Cassini fabric so it is hard to say what the fabric is since there is not tag but probably a soft poly which feels very nice. 

As it says in the information above "Since the mid 1960s, he did little top line ready-to-wear and licensed his name extensively in swimwear, hosiery, foundations, sportswear, fur, and costume jewelry, to name but a few lines of products."  So he could have licensed his name to fabric as well.

There are cute ties on the shoulder which can be adjusted and elastic in the waist for a good fit. Right around the hem area, there are colorful diamond shaped figures with Oleg Cassini's signature and figures of bison above them.

The dress is shown with a scarlet belt which is just for illustration purposes and is not included with this dress.

A very cute vintage novelty sundress which would be very cool for this upcoming summer season.

By: No tag so probably custom made
Size: No tag so go by the measurements
Approximate Measurements – This means the measurements of the item listed – not of your own figure.  You must be a few inches smaller than the measurements shown.
Bust: 35 - 36
Waist: 30 - 33
Length: 41
Fabric: No tag but feels like soft poly
Condition: Very good 

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