French-Italian Fashion Designer, Pierre Cardin was pronounced dead on the 29th of December 2020 at the American Hospital of Paris, Neuilly-Sur-Siene, France. The death of Pierre Cardin is the next huge loss to the International Fashion Industry following the death of Karl Lagerfeld in 2019.
Born Pietro Cardin in 1922 outside of Venice, the designer became known as Pierre after his family moved to France to seek refuge from Fascism. Cardin trained as a tailor from a young age and, after serving as Christian Dior’s tailor during the New Look era, founded his own eponymous label in 1950.
In 1959, Cardin launched the first ready-to-wear collection at the Printemps department store — a visionary move that got him temporarily expelled from the body governing French haute couture. In the 1960s, he again broke tradition with his futuristic unisex designs, which defined space-age fashion.
Cardin was also among the first designers to enter Japan, China, and Russia, eventually pioneering modern branding by licensing his name to clothes, shoes, bags, furniture, household products, and fragrances. The Beatles, Barbra Streisand, Jackie Kennedy, and Naomi Campbell were some of the celebrities that wore his designs.
