Whether you are looking for a vintage cocktail dress or a chest of drawers to keep it in, as you will see on 1stDibs, Pierre Cardin offers an option in either that is timelessly chic. (Later, licensing agreements would put Cardin’s name on goods ranging from perfume to sunglasses.) Cardin’s furniture pieces - inspired, perhaps, by the rediscovery of Art Deco design in that decade - feature simple, symmetrical forms, lacquer and figured veneer finishes, and accents in metals such as aluminum and brass. In the 1970s Cardin expanded his design work into furniture, jewelry and automobiles. In the following decade, Cardin introduced bright tunic dresses and shifts, marketed as the Space Age look and accessorized with vinyl hats and visors. Unlike Dior’s famous New Look, Cardin’s clothes de-emphasized a woman’s curves his breakthrough pieces like the Bubble dress had, instead, a sculptural quality. Cardin went solo in 1950, and quickly won attention for his novel style. After the end of World War II, Cardin moved to Paris and worked for a succession of couture houses, before taking a job with Christian Dior in 1946. Always interested in fashion, he left home at age 17 to train with a Vichy tailor. They are simple, geometric, elegant and cool.Ĭardin was born in a village near Venice, Italy, and raised in central France. Cardin’s chairs, cabinets, tables and other pieces share many of the keynotes of his clothing designs. With the change of the seasons comes a change in our wardrobe.
Sometimes your maternity jeans are at the front, sometimes your winter coat is stuffed in the back. Your closet is ever-changing and in a constant state of evolution.
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Best known for creating groundbreaking fashion designs from the 1950s onward, Pierre Cardin enjoyed great success in other design fields, most notably furniture. So today in the journal, we’re sharing our four tips on how to refresh your wardrobe.
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