Fashion &... Pierre Cardin

“When I design a dress, I don’t design it around a woman’s body […] I design the dress, and then put a woman inside it.” - Pierre Cardin Pierre Cardin cemented his reputation for the Avant Garde in the 1960s through his pioneering styles that defined the sci-fi look of the Space Race era. He was fascinated by new ’space age’ materials and added moulded plastic visors to helmet-like hats to make them resemble astronauts’ headgear.