Pierre Cardin dead: Fashion designer dies at 98
Share Paris | French couturier Pierre Cardin, who made his name by selling designer clothes to the masses, and his fortune by being the first to exploit that name as a brand for selling everything from cars to perfume, died on Tuesday aged 98. In a career spanning more than 60 years, Cardin drew scorn and admiration from fellow fashion designers for his brash business sense, and influenced catwalks with his space-age, futuristic bubble dresses and geometrical cuts and patterns. Pierre Cardin, born in Italy, became one of the 20th century's most influential yet enigmatic designers. Getty C...