PARIS (AFP) – French dressmaker Pierre Cardin, who died earlier this week on the age of 98, was buried on Saturday (January 2) in a non-public ceremony on the Montmartre cemetery in Paris, his household to AFP.
In line with his needs, Cardin was buried in a black coffin with a sword he had designed, the deal with interlaced with a thimble, the attention of a needle and a spool of thread, whereas the blade resembled a pair of scissors.
Well-known for his futuristic designs, Cardin gained reputation in post-war Europe and turned his identify into a worldwide, profit-making model.
He was buried in a vault along with his former accomplice and accomplice Andre Oliver, who died in 1993.
Underneath a inexperienced canvas cover, Cardin’s favourite shade, household and buddies gathered earlier than the burial for a blessing and tributes.
The couturier, who was born to a low-income household in northern Italy however grew to become a French-based trend famous person, died Tuesday at a hospital in Neuilly, west of Paris.
After establishing her personal trend label in 1950, she shortly established a reputation as an innovator, creating the now legendary bubble robe in 1954.
His 1964 “House Age” assortment stays a milestone in trend historical past.
A memorial service shall be held in Paris on the finish of January.
