Pierre Cardin

He moved to Paris in 1945. There, he studied architecture and worked with Paquin after the war. Work with Schiaparelli continued until he became the head of Christian Dior tailleure workshop in 1947, but was denied work at Balenciaga. He founded hisown house in 1950 and began with haute couture in 1953.
Cardin was the first couturier to turn to Japan as a market for high fashion when he went there in 1959.
In 1959, he was expelled from the Chambre Syndicale launch of a ready-to-wear collection for department stores Printemps as the first couturier in Paris, but was soon restored. However, resigned from the Chambre Syndicale in 1966 and now showing their collections in their own venue, the Espace Cardin (opened 1971) in Paris, the old Théâtre des Ambassadeurs, near the United States Embassy. The Espace Cardin is also used to promote new artistic talents, such as theater groups, musicians and others.
Cardin expanded into other markets, which included a contract with American Motors (AMC), following the success of the Hornet Sportabout Aldo Gucci design of the station wagon interior. The automaker built Cardin of boldness and outlandish for interior design available in the 1972 and 1973 AMC Javelins. A total of 4152 cars received a bold reflects various colors folded pattern of stripes in shades of red Chinese, plum, white, and silver set against a black background. This was one of the first American car to offer a package of special court created by a famous fashion designer. The Javelins Cardin is also included with the emblems of the designer defenses on the front and had a limited selection of exterior colors to coordinate with special interiors
His colleague designer, Andrè Oliver, who joined him in 1971 and assumed responsibility for the haute couture collections in 1987, died in 1993.