Cassini Royale

By the time he died, in 2006, designer Oleg Cassini had seduced the top top girls of his day, from Grace Kelly to Marilyn Monroe to Anita Ekberg. But, for all Cassini’s success with women, the battle over his estate, between his daughter Tina and his last (and secret) wife, Marianne Nestor, suggests a chilling calculation behind the dashing image.

Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Sep 1, 2010
Length: 37 minutes (9,426 words)
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