Pierre Cardin: 'The Future of Fashion Is Sleeveless'

At the age of 86, Pierre Cardin is still designing clothes (ideas for which come to him in dreams), raking in licensing revenues (watches, luggage, bonbons), and faithful in a future that smacks of The Jetsons. WWD‘s Robert Murphy spoke with Cardin after his first fashion show in eight years—originally set for Paris Fashion Week, Cardin switched venues at the last minute and sent out 235 (!) looks in the shadow of his Antti Lovag-designed “bubble palace” on the French Riviera.