French Fashion Designer Pierre Cardin is Dead

Prominent French fashion designer, Pierre Cardin is dead.

The designer who invented the business of fashion as it is conducted in modern time, passed away at the age of 98, at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, just outside Paris.

Born in 1922 in northern Italy, his family emigrated to France when he was a child. He grew up in the French industrial town of Saint Etienne.

At the age of 17, he became an apprentice to a tailor in Vichy and was already specialising in women’s suits.

Following his apprenticeship training, Cardiin moved to Paris, where he designed the mesmerizing sets and costumes for the film –Beauty and the Beast with French poet, artist and director Jean Cocteau, in 1947.

Cardin thereafter founded his own fashion house. Since 1950 that it was established, his business empire has been enjoying global traction among fashion enthusiasts.