New book delves into Pierre Cardin's early years and makes connections to Japan
Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of Pierre Cardin's birth, a new book sheds light on the late couturier's early years until the 1964 launch of his groundbreaking Space Age collection dubbed Cosmocorps.
Author Jean-Pascal Hesse, the designer's longtime communications manager, unearthed a treasure trove of rare documents and photographs for the volume, titled "Pierre Cardin: Fashion Myth Modernity" or "Pierre Cardin: Fashion , Myth, Modernity", which is scheduled to be published in French by Flammarion on September 21.
The cover of “Pierre Cardin: Fashion Myth Modernity”. Courtesy of FlammarionThe book features a foreword by Jean Paul Gaultier, who began his career in Cardin's studio, and the cover photo - showing model Celia Hammond in a pink cloud hat and a pleated pink coat mirrored in a mirror - is a 1962 photo image by British photographer Norman Parkinson.
Related GalleriesInside are dozens of images of Roland de Vassal, who documented Cardin's early years in haute couture, including the invention of the bubble dress, leading to the launch of his loan line -to wear in 1963.
Pierre Pelegry, another close associate of Cardin who runs Maxim's restaurant, sourced images from Japanese photographer Yoshi Takata, who met Cardin in 1954 and invited him to give a cutting class at Bunka Fashion College de Tokyo in 1957, marking the first stage of a long artistic and commercial collaboration between Cardin and Takata.
It was thanks to Takata that Cardin was introduced to his muse Hiroko Matsumoto, the first Japanese model of French couture.
Hiroko Matsumoto as Pierre Cardin. Yoshi Takata/Courtesy of Pierre PelegryHesse has
Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of Pierre Cardin's birth, a new book sheds light on the late couturier's early years until the 1964 launch of his groundbreaking Space Age collection dubbed Cosmocorps.
Author Jean-Pascal Hesse, the designer's longtime communications manager, unearthed a treasure trove of rare documents and photographs for the volume, titled "Pierre Cardin: Fashion Myth Modernity" or "Pierre Cardin: Fashion , Myth, Modernity", which is scheduled to be published in French by Flammarion on September 21.
The cover of “Pierre Cardin: Fashion Myth Modernity”. Courtesy of FlammarionThe book features a foreword by Jean Paul Gaultier, who began his career in Cardin's studio, and the cover photo - showing model Celia Hammond in a pink cloud hat and a pleated pink coat mirrored in a mirror - is a 1962 photo image by British photographer Norman Parkinson.
Related GalleriesInside are dozens of images of Roland de Vassal, who documented Cardin's early years in haute couture, including the invention of the bubble dress, leading to the launch of his loan line -to wear in 1963.
Pierre Pelegry, another close associate of Cardin who runs Maxim's restaurant, sourced images from Japanese photographer Yoshi Takata, who met Cardin in 1954 and invited him to give a cutting class at Bunka Fashion College de Tokyo in 1957, marking the first stage of a long artistic and commercial collaboration between Cardin and Takata.
It was thanks to Takata that Cardin was introduced to his muse Hiroko Matsumoto, the first Japanese model of French couture.
Hiroko Matsumoto as Pierre Cardin. Yoshi Takata/Courtesy of Pierre PelegryHesse has
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