BREAKING: Renowned fashion designer, Pierre Cardin is dead

Pierre Cardin, an Italian-born naturalised-French fashion designer is dead.

He passed away at the age of 98.

According to his family, the famous designer died at the American hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-seine on Tuesday

The French Academy of Fine Arts also broke the tragic news on its Twitter page.

“It is with great sadness that the members of the Academy of Fine Arts announce the death of their fellow member Pierre Cardin,” it wrote.

Cardin was born in Italy in 1922 but left for France as a small child. He founded his fashion house in 1950 and introduced the “bubble dress” in 1954.

He used his name as a brand which gained worldwide recognition and upended fashion styles in the 1960s and 70s with futuristic designs of jewelry, wristwatches, perfumes, and pens.