‘Working with Pierre Cardin was a dream’: The House of Cardin filmmakers remember the designer

“We know that you’re a homosexual, we’ve been following you.”Trigger Warning: This story has details of suicidal ideation and might be distressing to some readers. For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.This is what Yvonne Sillett,  a former Australian soldier and cipher operator, was told during a 1988 interrogation into her sexuality in relation to her security clearance. The royal commission is gathering evidence from ADF members who have had suicidal ideation or from surviving family members of those who have died.  Describing her interrogation, Sillett said that “after several hours of this questioning they said they would be taking the matter further and that, based on my sexuality, I could no longer be in Signal Corps as I’d be open to blackmail, and that they were downgrading my security clearance which was needed to do that job. They told me I’d never instruct women again.”According to The Guardian, during her interrogation, she was asked to give up the names of other homosexual military personnel but she refused to do so.With the help of a partner at the time, Sillett was able to “pull through.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentZDF Enterprises, a key production-distribution component of one of Europe’s biggest public broadcaster powerhouses, Germany’s ZDF, is set to operate under the new name of ZDF Studios.Effective from April 1, the title, announced by ZDF Enterprises President and CEO Fred Burcksen on Monday in Mainz, captures much better ZDFE’s current business reach, scale and ambitions.“We are a studio, we cover all elements of our industry, from early development to longtail sales. The new name fits our business model much better and reflects our production and distribution expertise,” Burcksen said.ZDF Enterprises was launched in 1993 to handle worldwide program distribution as new content-avid private TV networks sprang up in Europe and beyond and also to deal with the business affairs of the acquisition of programs from around the world.

Pierre Cardin has died at the age of 98. The BBC confirmed the news on Tuesday (via the AFP agency), revealing that Cardin passed away in a hospital in Neuilly, near Paris.

Pierre Cardin, the Italian-born French designer of an eternal tomorrow whodefined the futuristic look of the 1960s and revolutionized the business of high fashion, died today. He was 98.

Pierre Cardin died at the age of 98 in a hospital in Neuilly in the west of Paris.France’s Fine Arts Academy announced the news of Cardin’s passing in a statement on social media. “The members of the Academy of Fine Arts announce with great sadness the death of their fellow member Pierre Cardin,” the elite French arts group Tweeted.“It is a day of great sadness for all our family. Pierre Cardin is no more,” the family said in a statement.

Pierre Cardin, the fashion designer known for his space-age-informed 1960s dresses, has passed away in Neuilly, France at the age of 98. As well as his designs, Cardin is famous for being an early adapter of the licensing deals that are a mainstay of fashion houses today, putting his name and brand on products including fragrances, aeroplane interiors and sunglasses.

died at the age of 98 – along with Mary Quant and André Courrèges, was the costume designer for 1960s popular culture. His space-age aesthetic chimed with the values of the decade.

Legendary French couturier Pierre Cardin has died at the age of 98, People reports on Tuesday (December 29).

Pierre Cardin has died at age 98. The BBC reported the news on Tuesday (via the AFP agency), revealing that Cardin passed away in a hospital in Neuilly, near Paris.

Pierre Cardin, who has passed away at the age of 98. Cardin, whose career spanned seven decades, sent shockwaves through the fashion scene of the 1950s and 60s with his futuristic pieces, and pioneered a new way of conducting business by successfully licensing his own name.

Beauty and the Beast, starring Elizabeth Taylor. He went from the film set to surrealist designer Elsa Schiaparelli’s atelier, then moved over to Christian Dior, working on the designer’s breakthrough New Look collection in 1947.

Visionary fashion designer Pierre Cardin has died at age 98. After a career that spanned more than 70 years and began with costume design on Jean Cocteau’s 1946 Beauty And The Beast, the Italian-born, naturalized Frenchman passed away at the American Hospital outside Paris on Monday.

French designer Pierre Cardin, whose futuristic space-inspired looks upended catwalk styles in the 1960s and 70s with futuristic looks, has died at the age of 98, France's Fine Arts Academy said in a statement on Twitter.   Cardin who was born in Italy in 1922 but emigrated to France as a small child, died in a hospital in Neuilly in the west of Paris, his family said.

French fashion designer Pierre Cardin has died aged 98. On Tuesday, the French Academy of Fine Arts confirmed that the legendary fashion figure died at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, which is just outside of Paris.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentPierre Cardin, the French designer and branding pioneer whose career spanned more than 60 years, has died. He was 98.Cardin died at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-seine, near Paris.

Pierre Cardin has died at age 98. During the ’70s and ’80s, the Cardin name was embossed on thousands of products, including watches and bedsheets, and sold at over 100,000 stores across the world.Cardin was known for popularizing the Space Age style that became common in the 1960s.

A licensing maverick, Cardin's name embossed thousands of products from wristwatches to bed sheets, and in the brand's heyday in the 1970s and '80s, goods bearing his fancy cursive signature were sold at some 100,000 outlets worldwide.That number dwindled dramatically in later years, as his products were increasingly regarded as cheaply made and his clothing — which, decades later, remained virtually unchanged from its 60s-era styles — felt almost laughably dated.A savvy businessman, Cardin used the fabulous wealth that was the fruit of his empire to snap up top-notch properties in Paris, including the Belle Epoque restaurant Maxim's, which he also frequented.The Fine Arts Academy announced his death in a tweet Tuesday.

Pierre Cardin was a French fashion designer who pioneered Space Age style in the 1960s, popularizing sleek, geometric designs.Born July 2, 1922, in Italy, Cardin grew up in central France and began working in fashion as a young teen, apprentice to a clothier. As a young designer, he advanced quickly, working with some of the most famous designers of the first half of the century, including Elsa Schiaparelli (1890—1973) and Christian Dior (1905—1957).He founded the House of Cardin in 1950, still in his 20s but already making his mark in fashionable Europe.

He started off as a tailor working for the Red Cross before deciding to pursue a career in fashion in Paris.In 1945, Cardin went to Paris where he worked for designers Paquin and Schiaparelli before launching a boutique with the help of Dior.He also worked with director Jean Cocteau and Christian Berard on the masks for the film Beauty and the Beast.

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Pierre Cardin has died at the age of 98.