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French fashion designers branching into other fields
Pierre Cardin with 350 franchises sights new licenses including jewel safe lines and air planes. Hubert de Givenchy tops hotel redecorations with Brussels Hilton and Kuwait plans. Lagerfeld promotes a 25 year Paris documentary and a men’s fragrance. Sonia Rykiel plays roles opposite Anouk Aimee in an Elie Chouraquin film while pursuing a TV book project on herself.
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Pierre ‘Cardin
Cardin
Hubert de Givenchy
Brussels
Karl Lagerfeld
America
CBS
Paris
Lagerfeld
Sonia Rykiel