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French fashion designer Pierre Cardin dies aged 98 – reports French fashion designer Pierre Cardin dies aged 98
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Legendary designer and fashion icon Pierre Cardin has passed away at 98 on Tuesday, media reported, citing the France's Fine Arts Academy. Legendary designer and fashion icon Pierre Cardin has passed away at 98 on Tuesday, his family confirmed to AFP. He passed away in a hospital in Neuilly, outside Paris.
DETAILS TO FOLLOW The designer was born as Pietro Constante Cardin in Italy in 1924. His family soon relocated to France to escape Mussolini’s fascist regime.
Cardin first rose to prominence in the 1960s with his futuristic and avant-garde designs, and has since become one of the household names in high fashion.
Apart from creating clothes for women, Cardin spurred what Vogue magazine called a “revolution” in menswear, one of the highpoints of which was making the suits worn by the Beatles.
Cardin was often inspired by space exploration, making his clothes resemble spacesuits and uniforms from sci-fi shows, like Star Trek, and was the first fashion designer to visit NASA.
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