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Pierre Cardin facts for kids
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Pierre Cardin
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Cardin in 2010
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| Born | Pietro Cardin 2 July 1922 San Biagio di Callalta, Italy
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| Nationality | Italian and French | ||||||||||||
| Awards | Commander of the Order of Cultural Merit (2007) | ||||||||||||
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Pierre Cardin (French: [pjɛʁ kaʁdɛ̃]; born Pietro Cardin; 2 July 1922) is a French fashion designer.
Cardin is known for his avant-garde style and his Space Age designs. He prefers geometric shapes and motifs, often ignoring the female form. He advanced into unisex fashions, sometimes experimental, and not always practical. He founded his fashion house in 1950 and introduced the "bubble dress" in 1954.
He was designated UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador in 1991.
On 16 October 2009, Cardin was nominated Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
Images for kids
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Pierre Cardin dress, heat-moulded Dynel, 1968
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Pierre Cardin - Cobra Table and Chair
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Cardin interior in a 1972 AMC Javelin
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Cardin signing his new executive jet design (1978)