Italian-French fashion designer Pierre Cardin laid to rest in Paris
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Renowned Italian-French fashion designer Pierre Cardin died last Tuesday, December 29, at the age of 98.
Exactly four days after his death, renowned Italian-French fashion designer Pierre Cardin was laid to rest at the city's Montmartre Cemetery on Saturday, his family told the Agence France-Presse.
Pierre, who died at the age of 98 last December 29, is the man behind the visionary designs of the iconic bubble dress in the 1950s and 1960s that defined the Space Age era of fashion.
According to reports by the BBC, his black coffin was adorned with a sword of his own design which resembles a “pair of scissors intertwined with the eye of a needle, a thimble, and a spool of thread.”
Additionally, the AFP reported that his friends and family gathered under a canopy of green canvas, his favorite color, before his burial and that a memorial service will be held at the end of the month.
Born Pietro Costante Cardin, Pierre was born in San Biagio di Callalta, near Venice, on July 2, 1922.
He was only two years old when he and his family moved to France and settled in Saint-Étienne along with his 10 siblings.
Despite his father wishing he would study architecture, Pierre was interested in dressmaking at an early age.
After moving to Paris in 1945, he worked with Elsa Schiaparelli until he became the head of Christian Dior's tailleur atelier in 1947.
He debuted his first Parisian boutique in 1954 and attracted attention in the industry for his lively patterns and unique designs.
He was quoted to say, “Fashion is always ridiculous, seen from before and after. But at the moment, it's marvelous.”
Pierre was also the first designer to make his clothing available in department stores during the 1950s and extended his line of work beyond the fashion world, which included bedsheets, accessories, and food items.
At one point, his items were sold in 100,000 different shops.
“I had a sense of marketing my name,” he said in 2007 during an interview with the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung.
News of his death on Tuesday was mourned by the fashion industry, including fellow French designer Jean Paul Gaultier, who got his start under Pierre Cardin.
He tweeted, “Couturier, designer, ambassador of France, academician, patron, throughout his life, Pierre Cardin has carried out fine work.
“Thank you, Mister Cardin, to have opened for me the doors of fashion and made my dream possible.”
Couturier, designer, ambassadeur de la France, académicien, mécène, tout au long de sa vie, Pierre Cardin aura mené bel ouvrage.
-- Jean Paul Gaultier (@JPGaultier) December 29, 2020
Merci monsieur Cardin de m'avoir ouvert les portes de la mode et d'avoir rendu mon rêve possible... #PierreCardin pic.twitter.com/GeworJSsuA
