French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, hailed for his visionary creations but also for bringing stylish clothes to the masses, died Tuesday aged 98, his family told AFP. Cardin, who was born to a low-income family in northern Italy but became a France-based fashion superstar, died in a hospital in Neuilly in the west of Paris.
From apprentice to global empire
Cardin was born into poverty on July 2, 1922, near Venice in northern Italy. His family emigrated to France when he was a child,...
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