The Resume

(May 8, 1930-August 3, 2015)
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Birth name was Arnold Isaacs
Clients included Mamie Eisenhower, Jacqueline Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Barbara Bush, Hilary Clinton, Laura Bush, Barbra Streisand, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Crawford, Lauren Bacall, Catherine Deneuve, Diahann Carroll, Mary Tyler Moore, Sofia Loren, Natalie Wood, Claudette Colbert, Barbara Walters, Aretha Franklin, Bette Midler, Beverly Sils, Joan Rivers, Brooke Astor, Ivana Trump and Princess Yasmin Aga Khan
Wrote 'Scaasi: A Cut Above' (1996) and 'Women I Have Dressed (And Undressed)' (2004)
Received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America (1996)

Why he might be annoying:

He revered his last name because the result sounded vaguely Italian.
He ended his ready-to-wear line after eight years, complaining that the public was too into following the latest trend.
He said, 'American women lack the innate good taste of European women. Designers have to trick American women into being stylish.'
Fellow designer Josh Patner, who worked for Scaasi in the 80s, claimed, 'He threw a pair of scissors at me once.'
He said his biggest mistake was asking Jacqueline Kennedy to pay wholesale costs for any dresses he designed for her as First Lady instead of agreeing to give them for free in return for the publicity.
Instead, Oleg Cassini ended up as Jackie's designer during the White House years.

Why he might not be annoying:

He designed one of the most famous outfits in Oscar ceremony history: the see-through pantsuit Barbra Streisand wore to accept Best Actress (1969).
The inaugural gown he designed for Barbara Bush is on display at the Smithsonian.
He said, 'It should be fun to get dressed. I like exciting and pretty clothes that help women feel exciting and pretty.'
He and partner Parker Ladd were together for over 50 years.
After he designed a gown for opera singer Joan Sutherland, she told him, 'I have never felt pretty in my life. Tonight I feel really pretty.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Allegedly Gay Men
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 58]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [May] (Ranked: 5081930)
• Designers
• I Come from Canada
• I Died in 2015 (Ranked: 85)
• I Hurled a Household Object as a Weapon
• I Married in 2011
• I Married Someone of the Same Gender
• Profiles 36751-37000 (Ranked: 36929)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20150803)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 118 Votes: 58.47% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 18 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 76.47% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 81 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 116 Votes: 53.45% Annoying