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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 told AFP.
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 said.
“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.
French fashion designer Pierre Cardin dies aged 98 – family
Dec 29, 2020 9:06 PM PHT
Agence France-Presse
French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, hailed for his visionary creations but also for bringing stylish clothes to the masses, died Tuesday, December 29, aged 98, his family told AFP.
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 said. 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.
French fashion designer Pierre Cardin dies aged 98: family
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PARIS, Dec 29, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – 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 told AFP.
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 said.
“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.
French fashion superstar, designer and visionary Pierre Cardin dies aged 98
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29/12/2020 - 14:13 French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, here with his grand-nephew, Italian artistic director Rodrigo Basilicati, during a photocall upon his arrival at an event marking his 70th anniversary at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on 21 September 2020. AFP - LUCAS BARIOULET 3 min 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. Advertising Read more
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 said.
French fashion superstar designer and visionary Pierre Cardin dies aged 98
By David Roe with RFI LISTEN
AFP - LUCAS BARIOULET
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, his family said. 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.