Swords and space were hot topics at the Pierre Cardin Gala
MAKE A POINT: The most unusual accessories spotted at a Pierre Cardin black tie gala on Friday night in Paris were not Space Age sunglasses, but rather ceremonial swords.
Organized exactly 30 years to the day since the late designer's induction into the prestigious Académie des Beaux- Arts, the event at Maxim's attracted many Immortals, a title given to citizens inducted into one of the five academies of the Institut de France. Created in 1795, the Institute is a learned society which also manages foundations, museums and castles.
Cardin, who died in 2020 at age 98, was the first couturier to be inducted, and the academy continues to award a design prize in his name. Indeed, he was so significant to the Italian-born fashion maverick that he was buried in his ceremonial uniform, decorated with olive branch embroidery, and his sword.
Related GalleriesCardin also staged his 70th birthday at the Institut de France at the golden dome, which houses the French Academy which governs the language.
"It was so important to him," said his nephew Rodrigo Basilicati-Cardin, president and artistic director Pierre Cardin, who wrote the foreword to a new velvet-covered tome detailing the milestone.
Jacques Rougerie and Rodrigo Basilicati-Cardin Julien HekimianBut knowing that Cardin has always enjoyed looking to the future, Basilicati-Cardin has invited a host of leading figures from the aerospace industry at the celebration, as well as French architect Jacques Rougerie, who hopes his flagship project SeaOrbiter - a semi-submersible research vessel that resembles a futuristic robot seahorse - will soon come to fruition.
The artist Jean-Michel Othoniel, who was inducted into the Academy of Fine Arts in 2021 dressed in a uniform of Kim Jones of Dior, revealed that he will be opening a new artistic residency program for the academy next April.
It will be set up in a small castle outside Paris, where 10 young artists — including painters, sculptors, musicians and engravers - will work on a collective exhibition.
"It will be very exciting. It is this idea of transmission. That was Monsieur Cardin's goal," he said.
Othoniel said he is also working on a project for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden adjacent to the Brooklyn Museum. He said he would "play with...
MAKE A POINT: The most unusual accessories spotted at a Pierre Cardin black tie gala on Friday night in Paris were not Space Age sunglasses, but rather ceremonial swords.
Organized exactly 30 years to the day since the late designer's induction into the prestigious Académie des Beaux- Arts, the event at Maxim's attracted many Immortals, a title given to citizens inducted into one of the five academies of the Institut de France. Created in 1795, the Institute is a learned society which also manages foundations, museums and castles.
Cardin, who died in 2020 at age 98, was the first couturier to be inducted, and the academy continues to award a design prize in his name. Indeed, he was so significant to the Italian-born fashion maverick that he was buried in his ceremonial uniform, decorated with olive branch embroidery, and his sword.
Related GalleriesCardin also staged his 70th birthday at the Institut de France at the golden dome, which houses the French Academy which governs the language.
"It was so important to him," said his nephew Rodrigo Basilicati-Cardin, president and artistic director Pierre Cardin, who wrote the foreword to a new velvet-covered tome detailing the milestone.
Jacques Rougerie and Rodrigo Basilicati-Cardin Julien HekimianBut knowing that Cardin has always enjoyed looking to the future, Basilicati-Cardin has invited a host of leading figures from the aerospace industry at the celebration, as well as French architect Jacques Rougerie, who hopes his flagship project SeaOrbiter - a semi-submersible research vessel that resembles a futuristic robot seahorse - will soon come to fruition.
The artist Jean-Michel Othoniel, who was inducted into the Academy of Fine Arts in 2021 dressed in a uniform of Kim Jones of Dior, revealed that he will be opening a new artistic residency program for the academy next April.
It will be set up in a small castle outside Paris, where 10 young artists — including painters, sculptors, musicians and engravers - will work on a collective exhibition.
"It will be very exciting. It is this idea of transmission. That was Monsieur Cardin's goal," he said.
Othoniel said he is also working on a project for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden adjacent to the Brooklyn Museum. He said he would "play with...
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