biography
pronunciation:
[kah(r)dĩ]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1922– )
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| biography:
| French fashion designer, born in Venice, NE Italy. After working during World War 2 for a tailor in Vichy, he went to Paris in 1944. He worked in fashion houses and on costume design, notably for Cocteau's film Beauty and the Beast (1947). He opened his own house in 1953, and has since been prominent in fashion for both women and men. |
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