Innovative French designer Pierre Cardin dead at 98
MPHO RANTAO THE fashion world has suffered a great loss. The family of legendary designer Pierre Cardin announced his passing to the AFP revealing that the veteran designer passed away at a hospital in Neuilly, near Paris, France. , Cardin had been lauded by the industry as a revolutionary fashion designer for his futuristic creations that were inspired by the USA’s Apollo Space Programme during the 1960s and 70s. Cardin was a designer who broke the mould in high fashion by creating ready-to-wear collections for the working middle class during the 1970s, rather than just exclusively for the high fashion crowd…