PARIS (Reuters) – At 97, French couturier Pierre Cardin, who helped give the likes of Jean Paul Gaultier their first big break, is not done trying to spot fashion’s next superstar – teaming up for his latest venture with a designer seven decades his junior.
French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, 97, poses during a presentation of a collection made in partnership with Pierre Courtial, a young designer he trained himself at his Studio Pierre Cardin in Paris, France, February 27, 2020. Picture taken February 27, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
Cardin, known for shaking up styles in the 1960s with futuristic bubble-dresses and other looks fit for a space odyssey, presented one of his latest protegees to the world on Thursday evening, a 27-year-old from a village in Provence.
Pierre Courtial, who makes all of his creations by hand, unveiled a collection at Cardin’s studio on Paris’s chic Rue Saint-Honore, with pieces that echoed some of the veteran designer’s geometrical…
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