French Avant Garde Fashion Designers

Iconic fashion designer pierre cardin known for his avant garde style and geometric space age designs passed away at a hospital in neuilly west of paris on tuesday.

French avant garde fashion designers. In honor of the women that have blazed the trail in fashion design we take a look at the 25 most influential female designers with the help of parsons francesca granata and pratt s jennifer. Washington december 30 feedsindia. He is known for what were his avant garde style and space age designs.

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According to avant garde fashion designer barbara i gongini the most inspirational figures at the moment are old school avant gardists like yohji yamamoto rei kawakubo and junja watanabe portraid. Iconic french designer pierre cardin who was hailed for his avant garde styles in the 1960s and 70s has died at the age of 98 according to the french academy of fine arts. Born on march 9 1923 in pau france it was designer andré courrèges that gave birth to the famed fashion house of courrèges.

Though his label sometimes struggles to make ends meet financially he has a reputation throughout the fashion world for pushing boundaries. Avant garde fashion futuristic design. He preferred geometric shapes and motifs often ignoring the female form.

The academy did not give a cause of death or say where or when he died. French fashion designer passes away at 98 french designer pierre cardin who was hailed for his avant garde designs in the 1960s and 70s died at the age of 98 as per the french academy of fine. A creator of space age designs and a host of avant garde looks cardin s work helped define the mod aesthetic of the 1960s and it still serves as a reference point for notable designers of today.

After studying civil engineering and moving to paris in 1925 courrèges relocated to spain and began working under the revered designer cristóbal balenciaga.