Meet the man who brought Western fashion to China
news Meet the man who brought Western fashion to China Inkstone 06/01/2021 © AFP/Marco Bertorello French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, who died on December 29, 2020 at the age of 98, was a pioneer for Western fashion in China. In 1979 he became the first Western fashion designer to stage a fashion show in China, soon after the country adopted its reform and opening-up policy. In 1983, he opened a Beijing outpost of his Parisian restaurant Maxim's about 3km from Tiananmen Square. The high-end establishment is where many Beijingers had their first taste of authentic French food without h...
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