The French fashion house Pierre Cardin unveiled the suit for use in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) center in Cologne at its workshop in Paris on Monday (September 10). Watch in for more details!

French fashion house Pierre Cardin designs astronaut's training suit

French label Pierre Cardin returned to the official Paris fashion week schedule for the first time in decades, sending out a colourful, off-beat lineup of styles that recalled its space-age heyday.

Models paraded two-toned suit jackets with triangular-shaped lapels, asymmetrical dresses and capes, shimmery gold trousers and thin ties that formed an arrow-like shape at the tip.

Attendants flashed spotlights on models as they made their way down the temporary runway, set up in the label's empty flagship store that is undergoing renovations.

Spinning holograms were projected in the windows of the store — located across the street from France's Elysee Palace — and one model carried the three-dimensional projection in a handbag.

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The late designer's great nephew, Rodrigo Basilicati Cardin, who took the reins of the label following Cardin's death in 2020, said he worked with the design studio to pare back the looks, which were made from recycled materials as well as a fabric that sat in storage for decades.

Seeking to spark interest in the label among younger crowds, Basilicati Cardin said he set up competitions to bring on talent from other countries, like Mexico and South Korea, for stints at the label.

"My goal is to manage the label and bring it on track," he said, speaking to journalists after the show as he greeted guests including French singer Mireille Mathieu.

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French label Pierre Cardin returned to the official Paris fashion week schedule for the first time in decades, sending out a colourful, off-beat lineup of styles that recalled its space-age heyday.

French label Pierre Cardin returned to the official Paris fashion week schedule for the first time in decades, sending out a colourful, off-beat lineup of styles that recalled its space-age heyday. Models paraded two-toned suit jackets with triangular-shaped lapels, asymmetrical dresses and capes, shimmery gold trousers and thin ties that formed an arrow-like shape at the tip. Attendants flashed spotlights on models as they made their way down the temporary runway, set up in the label's empty flagship store that is undergoing renovations. Spinning holograms were projected in the windows of the store — located across the street from France's Elysee Palace — and one model carried the three-dimensional projection in a handbag. Also read: Highlights of Milan Fashion Week: 200,000 condoms as backdrop, Milano premiere & more The late designer's great nephew, Rodrigo Basilicati Cardin, who took the reins of the label following Cardin's death in 2020, said he worked with the design studio to pare back the looks, which were made from recycled materials as well as a fabric that sat in storage for decades. Seeking to spark interest in the label among younger crowds, Basilicati Cardin said he set up competitions to bring on talent from other countries, like Mexico and South Korea, for stints at the label. "My goal is to manage the label and bring it on track," he said, speaking to journalists after the show as he greeted guests including French singer Mireille Mathieu. WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

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French fashion designer Pierre Cardin,&nbsp;who died earlier this week at the age of 98,&nbsp;was laid to rest on Saturday in a private ceremony at Paris's Montmartre Cemetery, his family told AFP.

In accordance with his wishes, Cardin was buried in a black coffin with a sword he had designed, the handle intertwined with a thimble, the eye of a needle and a spool of thread while the blade resembled a pair of scissors.

Famed for his futuristic designs, Cardin won renown in postwar Europe and turned his name into a money-spinning global brand.

He was laid to rest in a vault with his former companion and partner Andre Oliver, who died in 1993.

Under a canopy of green canvas, Cardin's favourite colour, family and friends gathered before the burial for a blessing and tributes.

The couturier, who was born into a low-income family in northern Italy but became a France-based fashion superstar, died on Tuesday in a hospital in Neuilly in the west of Paris.

After setting up his own fashion label in 1950, he quickly established a name as an innovator, creating the now legendary bubble dress in 1954.

His 1964 "Space Age" collection remains a landmark in fashion history.

A memorial service will be held in Paris at the end of January.

French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, who died earlier this week at the age of 98, was laid to rest on Saturday in a private ceremony at Paris's Montmartre Cemetery, his family told AFP.

French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, who died earlier this week at the age of 98, was laid to rest on Saturday in a private ceremony at Paris's Montmartre Cemetery, his family told AFP. In accordance with his wishes, Cardin was buried in a black coffin with a sword he had designed, the handle intertwined with a thimble, the eye of a needle and a spool of thread while the blade resembled a pair of scissors. Famed for his futuristic designs, Cardin won renown in postwar Europe and turned his name into a money-spinning global brand. He was laid to rest in a vault with his former companion and partner Andre Oliver, who died in 1993. Under a canopy of green canvas, Cardin's favourite colour, family and friends gathered before the burial for a blessing and tributes. The couturier, who was born into a low-income family in northern Italy but became a France-based fashion superstar, died on Tuesday in a hospital in Neuilly in the west of Paris. After setting up his own fashion label in 1950, he quickly established a name as an innovator, creating the now legendary bubble dress in 1954. His 1964 "Space Age" collection remains a landmark in fashion history. A memorial service will be held in Paris at the end of January.

French fashion icon Pierre Cardin gets buried in Paris

Born into poverty in 1922 near Venice in northern Italy, his family emigrated to France when he was a small child.

French fashion designer Pierre Cardin dies at 98

French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, whose futuristic space-inspired looks upended catwalk styles in the 1960s and 70s, has died at the age of 98, France`s Fine Arts Academy said. 
 
Cardin, who cut his teeth working at top couture houses such as Christian Dior, went on to launch his own brand and pioneered the use of licensing in fashion, plastering his label`s name on products of all kinds. 
 
As well as shaking up fashion with bubble-dresses and geometrical designs, Cardin was also one of the first to bring high fashion to the masses by selling collections in department stores from the late 1950s. 
 
His savvy business sense brought him a mix of admiration but also scorn from fashion purists at the time. 
 
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While he no longer presented runway collections, Cardin remained active in the industry, attending parties and events and taking young designers under his wing. 
 
He has previously been a mentor to prominent designers such as Jean-Paul Gaultier. 
 
 
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French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, whose futuristic space-inspired looks upended catwalk styles in the 1960s and 70s, has died at the age of 98, France`s Fine Arts Academy said.

French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, whose futuristic space-inspired looks upended catwalk styles in the 1960s and 70s, has died at the age of 98, France`s Fine Arts Academy said. Cardin, who cut his teeth working at top couture houses such as Christian Dior, went on to launch his own brand and pioneered the use of licensing in fashion, plastering his label`s name on products of all kinds. As well as shaking up fashion with bubble-dresses and geometrical designs, Cardin was also one of the first to bring high fashion to the masses by selling collections in department stores from the late 1950s. His savvy business sense brought him a mix of admiration but also scorn from fashion purists at the time. Also see: Chadwick Boseman to Sean Connery: Hollywood stars we’ve lost in 2020 While he no longer presented runway collections, Cardin remained active in the industry, attending parties and events and taking young designers under his wing. He has previously been a mentor to prominent designers such as Jean-Paul Gaultier.

Pierre Cardin, the iconic french fashion designer, dies at 98

Half a century has passed but the moment Moon pioneer <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/sothebys-to-auction-rare-videotape-of-neil-armstrongs-first-steps-on-moon-231321">Neil Armstrong took his historic first step</a> on the lunar surface is etched in the memories of those who tuned in.&nbsp;

The grainy pictures coming back on the night of July 20, 1969, from a quarter of a million miles (380,000 kilometres) away fascinated viewers young and old.

AFP spoke to some, who recalled their joy and emotion, including Dafydd Williams, now a Canadian astronaut with <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/trump-criticises-nasa-moon-mission-after-promoting-it-earlier-225364">NASA</a> who has twice been into space in 1998 and 2007 but who was a schoolboy back then.

Dafydd Williams

"It was a pretty remarkable day. The sixties was this decade of exploration and the highlight of the decade was humans walking on the surface of the Moon.

"If you were alive at that time, everybody remembers where they were.

"I was fifteen years old at the time, at home watching it with my family glued to the television set, which was black and white because we didn't have money to afford a colour TV.

"It changed the course of history and for me, it demonstrated the fact that the seemingly impossible is possible.

"Watching NASA going from never having flown humans in space in 1960 to have humans &nbsp;walking on the surface of the Moon in 1969... what an incredible decade!"

Jackie Stewart

Formula One champion Stewart was a friend of Armstrong and also of Eugene Cernan, the last man to date to walk on the Moon in December 1972.

"I was in the Playboy Club in New York with Roman Polanski and my wife Helen. I knew a lot of the astronauts because they were coming to see Formula One and Indycar races. I was blown away by what I was seeing," said Stewart, who with his son Mark produced a 2014 documentary, "Last Man on the Moon."

Brigitte Bardot

"I was in Normandy on that night of July 20-21,1969. I was shooting the Bear and the Doll," recalled the French screen icon.

"I watched this miracle without really believing it, it was so extraordinary, unachievable and yet they did it.

"Human genius can reach the divine."

Claudia Cardinale

The Italian actress, then aged 31, has hazy memories of exactly where she was when she saw the broadcast.&nbsp;

But "a few months later, Neil Armstrong, who was an amateur trumpeter, dropped by for a house party (in the Rome countryside), invited by Franco Cristaldi," Cardinale's first husband.

"My brothers accompanied. We'd hired two trumpets -- one got bent by Neil in a state of inebriated joy."

Pierre Cardin

"I was on the Champs-Elysees, with thousands of people, waiting for the dream to become reality," said the fashion designer, then 47, now 96.

"When Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon I felt immense satisfaction. We were all awaiting news and this triumph was greeted with a shriek of joy shared by the thousands of people around me.

"Nobody believed (it could happen) a few years earlier but I always was sure it would come to pass. It was a great leap forward for humanity," said Cardin, who later would meet Armstrong and mission colleague Buzz Aldrin.

Bertrand Piccard

The Swiss psychiatrist and aviator were 11 at the time and recalled how "I was lucky enough to be invited to Cape Kennedy to watch the rocket take off on July 16 as my father worked for NASA.

"On July 20, I was at a restaurant with my family at Palm Beach, Florida, when a NASA official tipped off my mother that we had to hurry up and get back as the astronauts leaving (the module) had been brought forward two hours.&nbsp;

"We rushed home as quickly as we could. Shortly beforehand, my father had bought a television, especially for the occasion.

"I remember the first step as if it were yesterday. I had the impression I was watching the most important event in the history of humanity. I still think so...

Boris Volynov

Volynov was a 34-year-old Russian cosmonaut who saw his country, after taking an early lead in the space race, beaten to the Moon by the Americans.

"Of course we felt certain rancour as we had our own Moon program. I was myself in training to walk in lunar gravitation conditions. We had all dreamed of one day walking on the Moon," said Volynov, who flew on two Soyuz missions.

"We feared the Americans were getting ahead of us as our program was losing momentum," said Volynov, adding that two competing Russian programs meant that "we ended up being overtaken."He later met Armstrong.

"We quickly became friends, communicating via a Soviet translator. The pictures of us saluting one another were only declassified after the break-up of the Soviet Union.

Alain Prost

French four-time Formula One champion Prost was just 14 when Armstrong made his great leap but "it's one of those memories which always stay with you."

"My parents had a little studio at Cannes and we were on holiday. I still recall that day so clearly, I remember looking at the TV and the Moon simultaneously and saying to myself 'what's going on?"

"It's a crazy memory you felt something is happening. At the time we thought it was impossible."

Jean-Michel Jarre

The composer of electronic music watched the broadcast live and recalls "celebrating the era when we had a vision and an appetite for the future it was an absolute inspiration for musicians, filmmakers, and writers.

Pop culture was born at the same time as the beginning of the conquest of space."

Half a century has passed but the moment Moon pioneer Neil Armstrong took his historic first step on the lunar surface is etched in the memories of those who tuned in.

Half a century has passed but the moment Moon pioneer Neil Armstrong took his historic first step on the lunar surface is etched in the memories of those who tuned in. The grainy pictures coming back on the night of July 20, 1969, from a quarter of a million miles (380,000 kilometres) away fascinated viewers young and old. AFP spoke to some, who recalled their joy and emotion, including Dafydd Williams, now a Canadian astronaut with NASA who has twice been into space in 1998 and 2007 but who was a schoolboy back then. Dafydd Williams "It was a pretty remarkable day. The sixties was this decade of exploration and the highlight of the decade was humans walking on the surface of the Moon. "If you were alive at that time, everybody remembers where they were. "I was fifteen years old at the time, at home watching it with my family glued to the television set, which was black and white because we didn't have money to afford a colour TV. "It changed the course of history and for me, it demonstrated the fact that the seemingly impossible is possible. "Watching NASA going from never having flown humans in space in 1960 to have humans walking on the surface of the Moon in 1969... what an incredible decade!" Jackie Stewart Formula One champion Stewart was a friend of Armstrong and also of Eugene Cernan, the last man to date to walk on the Moon in December 1972. "I was in the Playboy Club in New York with Roman Polanski and my wife Helen. I knew a lot of the astronauts because they were coming to see Formula One and Indycar races. I was blown away by what I was seeing," said Stewart, who with his son Mark produced a 2014 documentary, "Last Man on the Moon." Brigitte Bardot "I was in Normandy on that night of July 20-21,1969. I was shooting the Bear and the Doll," recalled the French screen icon. "I watched this miracle without really believing it, it was so extraordinary, unachievable and yet they did it. "Human genius can reach the divine." Claudia Cardinale The Italian actress, then aged 31, has hazy memories of exactly where she was when she saw the broadcast. But "a few months later, Neil Armstrong, who was an amateur trumpeter, dropped by for a house party (in the Rome countryside), invited by Franco Cristaldi," Cardinale's first husband. "My brothers accompanied. We'd hired two trumpets -- one got bent by Neil in a state of inebriated joy." Pierre Cardin "I was on the Champs-Elysees, with thousands of people, waiting for the dream to become reality," said the fashion designer, then 47, now 96. "When Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon I felt immense satisfaction. We were all awaiting news and this triumph was greeted with a shriek of joy shared by the thousands of people around me. "Nobody believed (it could happen) a few years earlier but I always was sure it would come to pass. It was a great leap forward for humanity," said Cardin, who later would meet Armstrong and mission colleague Buzz Aldrin. Bertrand Piccard The Swiss psychiatrist and aviator were 11 at the time and recalled how "I was lucky enough to be invited to Cape Kennedy to watch the rocket take off on July 16 as my father worked for NASA. "On July 20, I was at a restaurant with my family at Palm Beach, Florida, when a NASA official tipped off my mother that we had to hurry up and get back as the astronauts leaving (the module) had been brought forward two hours. "We rushed home as quickly as we could. Shortly beforehand, my father had bought a television, especially for the occasion. "I remember the first step as if it were yesterday. I had the impression I was watching the most important event in the history of humanity. I still think so... Boris Volynov Volynov was a 34-year-old Russian cosmonaut who saw his country, after taking an early lead in the space race, beaten to the Moon by the Americans. "Of course we felt certain rancour as we had our own Moon program. I was myself in training to walk in lunar gravitation conditions. We had all dreamed of one day walking on the Moon," said Volynov, who flew on two Soyuz missions. "We feared the Americans were getting ahead of us as our program was losing momentum," said Volynov, adding that two competing Russian programs meant that "we ended up being overtaken."He later met Armstrong. "We quickly became friends, communicating via a Soviet translator. The pictures of us saluting one another were only declassified after the break-up of the Soviet Union. Alain Prost French four-time Formula One champion Prost was just 14 when Armstrong made his great leap but "it's one of those memories which always stay with you." "My parents had a little studio at Cannes and we were on holiday. I still recall that day so clearly, I remember looking at the TV and the Moon simultaneously and saying to myself 'what's going on?" "It's a crazy memory you felt something is happening. At the time we thought it was impossible." Jean-Michel Jarre The composer of electronic music watched the broadcast live and recalls "celebrating the era when we had a vision and an appetite for the future it was an absolute inspiration for musicians, filmmakers, and writers. Pop culture was born at the same time as the beginning of the conquest of space."

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