Pierre Cardin, the grand couturier who died in Paris yesterday at the age of 98 was a unique blend of fashion designer and branding visionary. While his Space Age designs upended the Paris fashion scene in the 1960s and 70s, Cardin was always a futurist. “In the late 60s, I was working for Jacques Esterel and about four buildings up was the Pierre Cardin shop and showroom. “I remember everything that was in the Pierre Cardin windows. He also owned the Bubble House’, interconnected, terracotta-coloured Space Age domes in the south of France which featured in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie.

Source: Irish Independent December 30, 2020 02:36 UTC