Pierre Cardin

Pierre Cardin

'Pietro Cardin' was born in July 1922 in Venice, Italy. In 1946 he began working as a tailor for Christian Dior in Paris where he got the opportunity to design masks and costumes for their film 'The Beauty and the Beast'. Due to his huge success and creative flair, he founded his own company in 1950 and in 1954 he opened his first Parisian boutique. Travelling all over the world with an illustrious career spanning many decades, Cardin is still designing today.