French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, November 4, 2014 in Paris -
JOEL SAGET AFP
The funeral of French couturier Pierre Cardin, who died Tuesday at the age of 98, will be celebrated in Paris in "family intimacy", according to the announcement published this Thursday, which does not specify the date.
"A ceremony will be celebrated in the cemetery of Montmartre in Paris (18th) in the family intimacy, followed by the burial", specifies the announcement published in
Le Figaro
.
The exact date of the ceremony has not been released by the family.
A commemorative mass will be held in late January in the capital, a close source said.
Visionary designer and ready-to-wear pioneer
Son of Italian immigrants who became a businessman with a world-famous name, Pierre Cardin died Tuesday at the American hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Visionary designer and ready-to-wear pioneer, he left his mark on his era with his futuristic creations, his derivative products and an unlimited imagination.
Before many others, Pierre Cardin had opened a "corner" in a department store, made by men.
And adopted on a large scale a system of licenses which ensured a distribution in the whole world, affixing its name on products as diverse as ties, cigarettes, perfumes or mineral water.
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