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# 100 Heroes: Pierre Cardin
- URL: https://www.gtv.blue/pierre-cardin/
- Published: 2026-07-01T23:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-02T08:33:18.000Z
- Description: The gay man who gave the world a sense of style.
- Author: Gareth Johnson
- Tags: 100 Heroes

Pierre Cardin was a fashion designer.

He was known for his avant-garde style.

He preferred geometric shapes and motifs, often ignoring the female form. He advanced into unisex fashions, sometimes experimental, and not always practical.

### Career

Cardin was born in 1922, near Treviso in northern Italy.

The family moved to France in 1924, to escape rising fascism in Italy.

From a young age, Cardin was interested in dressmaking.

Cardin moved to Paris in 1945\. There, he studied architecture and worked with the fashion house of Paquin.

Cardin founded his own fashion house in 1950\. His career was launched when he designed about 30 of the costumes for a 1951 masquerade ball in Venice. He opened his first boutique in 1954.

### Personal life

Cardin identified as a gay man.

He had a significant relationship with André Oliver, who was also his business partner.

Cardin died in 2020, at the age of 98.

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