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  1. An interview with Arnold Scaasi
    An interview with Arnold Scaasi

    with Arnold Scaasi on Oct 7, 1996

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Arnold Scaasi is a Canadian fashion designer. His clothes appeared in magazine ads for a wide variety of products in the early 1950s. While his creations were being used in a General Motors ad campaign, his friend Robert Denning reversed his name to give it a fashionable Italian flavor: Arnold Isaacs became Scaasi.

Scaasi made the much-coveted cover of “Vogue” magazine in December 1955. Numerous high-spirited and sculptural garments became Scaasi trademarks. He won the prestigious Coty Fashion Critics Award. His ready-to-wear label and mass availability reappeared with the affluence of the 1980s. He created for First Lady Barbara Bush, her 1989 inaugural dress, which is now part of The Smithsonian Institution’s collection.

Scaasi received numerous awards over the years, including an award for Creative Excellence from the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), and Mrs. Bush presented him with the CFDA’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Source - Kent Museum http://dept.kent.edu/museum/exhibit/scaasi/scaasi.html