Oleg Cassini

Fashion designer Oleg Cassini in his New York City office on June 28, 1961. Cassini, 92, who created Jacqueline Kennedy's graceful, elegant look during her husband's presidency, died March 17, 2006, at a hospital in Long Island, N.Y., said his wife, Marianne.

Jacqueline Kennedy lifts the skirt of her ivory double-faced silk satin twill inaugural ball gown, designed by Oleg Cassini, as she and her husband, President-elect John F. Kennedy, leave their Georgetown home in the snowfall en route to the inaugural concert in Washington, D.C., in this Jan. 19, 1961 file photo.

Designer Oleg Cassini is shown in this 1960 handout photo. Cassini once said that shortly after John Kennedy was elected, he persuaded the first lady that she should use him, not as one of many designers, but as the creator of her total look.

Jacqueline Kennedy, wearing a pink and white straw lace dress designed by Oleg Cassini, and President Kennedy leave the Quai D'Orsay ministry for the Elysee Palace reception during their official visit in Paris, France, in this May 31, 1961, file photo. Cassini, a longtime friend of the Kennedy family, said he had created 300 outfits in the less than three years of the Kennedy administration.

Designer Oleg Cassini is shown in this undated file photo. Cassini was born in 1913 in Paris to wealthy, aristocratic Russian parents who were later forced to flee their homeland after the Revolution. They settled in Italy, their fortune gone, but his mother gained some success as a dressmaker and her son eventually decided to go into the fashion business, too.

Designer Oleg Cassini stands with actress Grace Kelly at the world premiere of "Strategic Air Comand" in New York in this April 20, 1955, file photo. They dated seriously enough to spark rumors of an engagement.

Designer Oleg Cassini stands with his wife, Merry Fahrney, in this September 1938 file photo. Just two years before, in 1936, Cassini came to the United States and held various design jobs in New York before going to Hollywood and landing a job at Paramount in the early 1940s.

Oleg Cassini drives Grace Kelly near Cannes on French Riviera during filming of Alfred Hitchcock's "To Catch a Thief" in 1954. Although he never married Kelly, he had been previously married to another movie star: Gene Tierney, with whom he had two children. They divorced in 1953.

Cassini gestures during a news interview at his office Jan. 20, 2005, in New York. Cassini was one of the first designers to pursue licensing agreements that put his name on a large variety of products from luggage to nail polish -- even a custom-designed automobile interior in the 1970s. Later, in the '90s, Cassini launched a partnership with David's Bridal.

Designer Oleg Cassini, center, jokes around as he poses for photographs with models wearing outfits from his latest collection at Lord & Taylor's celebration of the 50th anniversary of Cassini's first windows on New York's Fifth Avenue on Jan. 26, 2005, at Lord & Taylor in New York.

Designer Oleg Cassini, seated center, greets a visitor after signing a copy of his book "A Thousand Days of Magic" at Lord & Taylor on Jan. 26, 2005. In the book, Cassini wrote, "All I remember about those days are nerves, and Jackie on the phone: 'Hurry, hurry, Oleg, I've got nothing to wear.' "

Angela Anton, fashion designer Oleg Cassini and author Tina Santi Flaherty pose for a photo while attending the "What Jackie Taught Us" book party at the Four Seasons restaurant April 27, 2004, in New York City. In the years following Kennedy's assassination, he saw Jacqueline Kennedy only sporadically. "It was hard for her to be with people who had been part of her life in the White House," he once wrote.

Actress Susan Lucci is kissed on the hand by fashion designer Oleg Cassini while attending the "What Jackie Taught Us" book party at the Four Seasons restaurant April 27, 2004, in New York City.

Actress Jill Hennessy and designer Oleg Cassini attend the 2004 CFDA Fashion Awards June 7, 2004, in New York City.

Model Carol Alt and designer Oleg Cassini attend the Pantene and CFDA tribute to American fashion designers party at the Whitney Museum on Feb. 1, 2006, in New York City.

Designer Oleg Cassini attends the Pantene and CFDA tribute to American fashion designers party at the Whitney Museum on Feb. 1, 2006, in New York City. In his latter years, Cassini split his time between his estate in Oyster Bay, N.Y., and a townhouse in Manhattan. Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, and numerous grandchildren, nieces and nephews.