FASHION DESIGNER

Pierre Cardin

1922 - 2020

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Pierre Cardin (born Pietro Costante Cardin; 2 July 1922 – 29 December 2020) was an Italian-born naturalised-French fashion designer. He is known for what were his avant-garde style and Space Age designs. He preferred geometric shapes and motifs, often ignoring the female form. He advanced into unisex fashions, sometimes experimental, and not always practical. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Cardin is the 6th most popular fashion designer (down from 5th in 2019), the 454th most popular biography from Italy (down from 314th in 2019) and the most popular Italian Fashion Designer.

Pierre Cardin is most famous for being a French fashion designer. He was born in 1922 and created his first collection in the 1950s.

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Among FASHION DESIGNERS

Among fashion designers, Pierre Cardin ranks 6 out of 51. Before him are Coco Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld, Calvin Klein, Yves Saint Laurent, and Christian Dior. After him are Maurizio Gucci, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Vivienne Westwood, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Ralph Lauren, and Donatella Versace.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Pierre Cardin ranks 15. Before him are Norodom Sihanouk, Franjo Tuđman, Thomas Kuhn, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Emil Zátopek, and Aage Bohr. After him are Ava Gardner, Erich Hartmann, Gérard Philipe, Jack Kerouac, Erving Goffman, and Hans Georg Dehmelt. Among people deceased in 2020, Pierre Cardin ranks 11. Before him are Philip Warren Anderson, Kirk Douglas, Betty Williams, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Qaboos bin Said al Said, and Javier Pérez de Cuéllar. After him are Max von Sydow, Tabaré Vázquez, David Prowse, John Saxon, Katherine Johnson, and Paolo Rossi.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pierre Cardin ranks 454 out of 5,161. Before him are Maria Luisa of Spain (1745), Cesare Maldini (1932), Tiberius Gracchus (-163), Pope Benedict VII (910), Nino Rota (1911), and Cato the Younger (-95). After him are Pope Telesphorus (100), Pope Simplicius (420), Pope Benedict IV (860), Pope John XVII (950), Pope Conon (630), and Albano Carrisi (1943).

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Among FASHION DESIGNERS In Italy

Among fashion designers born in Italy, Pierre Cardin ranks 1. After him are Maurizio Gucci (1948), Donatella Versace (1955), Roberto Cavalli (1940), Elsa Schiaparelli (1890), Gianfranco Ferré (1944), and Sergio Rossi (1935).

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