Salvatore J. Cesarani

Career Cesarani started out in 1961 as a junior designer for Bobby Brooks, a women's sportswear company, and as a window dresser for Paul Stuart's menswear store. Between 1970 and 1972, he was a merchandising director for Polo Ralph Lauren. He began designing under the label Country Britches from 1973–1975, and briefly designed for Stanley Blacker before founding his New York based fashion label, Cesarani Ltd in 1976. In 1980, he dressed Lucie Arnaz in the TV film The Mating Season.

In addition to his ongoing design work, Sal Cesarani is a faculty member at the Parsons The New School for Design, where he teaches fashion design and the theory of fabric selection. He is also a member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America.

Awards Sal Cesarani's menswear won him two Special Coty Awards for Menswear in 1974 and 1975 before winning the main Menswear Award in 1976. In 1982, he was awarded the Coty Menswear Return Award. He has also won the Fashion Group Award of Boston (1977).