Posted on 12/29/2020 11:51:15 AM PST by Red Badger
Cardin’s name embossed myriad products from wristwatches to bedsheets, making his label among the world’s most famous.
Pierre Cardin, the French designer whose Space Age style was among the iconic looks of 20th-century fashion, has died at 98, France’s Academy of Fine Arts said.
A licensing maverick, Cardin’s name embossed myriad products from wristwatches to bedsheets, making his label among the world’s most famous.
In the brand’s heyday in the 1970s and 80s, his products were sold at some 100,000 outlets worldwide, though that number dwindled dramatically in later decades.
Another COVID related Death. 6 more weeks of lockdown
RIP.
The first suit I bought was one of his in lime green. Luckily, it didn’t fit and I stopped wearing it. The salesman at Sims is probably still laughing, 40 years later.
Is beautiful!.....................
He might have made it to 100 if only.....................
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