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French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, hailed for his visionary creations but also for bringing stylish clothes to the masses, passed away on 29 December 2020.
Cardin, who was born to a low-income family in northern Italy but became a France-based fashion superstar, died in a hospital in Neuilly in the west of Paris, his family told AFP.
“It is a day of great sadness for all our family. Pierre Cardin is no more,” the statement said. It said after a lifetime spanning a century he had left France and the world a “great unique artistic heritage” and not only in fashion.
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PARIS, Dec 30 ― Pierre Cardin, who died yesterday aged 98, was a man of many paradoxes ― a designer who sought flamboyant yet simple styles, an aesthete with a head for business, and a futurist now associated with retro. He rose to the pantheon of France's post-war fashion giants only to shake.
Pierre Cardin was seen expanding his empire globally, moving into once closed markets and selling hundreds of licences to make himself the undisputed king of designer merchandising. Photo: AFP
Pierre Cardin, who died Tuesday (Dec 29) aged 98, was a man of many paradoxes – a designer who sought flamboyant yet simple styles, an aesthete with a head for business, and a futurist now associated with retro.
He rose to the pantheon of France s post-war fashion giants only to shake it all up by leading what was in the 1950s a revolutionary concept – designing ready-to-wear collections for the high street.
A savvy businessman, he expanded his empire globally, moving into once closed markets and selling hundreds of licences to make himself the undisputed king of designer merchandising – despite being slammed by the fashion elite for selling out.
French fashion designer Pierre Cardin dies
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December 30, 2020
PARIS: French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, hailed for his visionary creations but also for bringing stylish clothes to the masses, died Tuesday aged 98, his family said. Cardin, who was born to a low-income family in northern Italy but became a France-based fashion superstar, died in a hospital in Neuilly in the west of Paris. It is a day of great sadness for all our family. Pierre Cardin is no more, the statement said.
It said after a lifetime spanning a century he had left France and the world a great unique artistic heritage and not only in fashion.