At 98 years old, Pierre Cardin is still leading from the gut. Decades ago he was booted from France’s Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture for selling ready-to-wear (which he pioneered); had an affair with actress Jeanne Moreau (without breaking up with his longtime live-in male partner); and held Cold War-era fashion-show extravaganzas in Communist…
Last night, Pierre Cardin (who’s 92!) launched his museum in Paris. Here are some of his iconic space-age designs…
Inspiring us right now: le Palais Bulles (Bubble Palace), a futuristic wonderland acquired in 1992 by Pierre Cardin as a suitably eccentric gallery for his collections…
Menu penned by Jean Cocteau in 1968 for the 75th anniversary of Maxim’s, from the book Maxim’s (Assouline, June 2011)…
Ever since Romain Kremer won a special prize at the Hyères festival in 2005, he has stuck to his uncompromising vision…
