Ed Hardy designer Christian Audigier has died at age 57 after a battle with cancer.
The French fashion star and entrepreneur was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a bone disease, in January, reported TMZ.
"I just heard the news and I am truly devastated," his longtime publicist, Michele Elyzabeth, told the website LATF. "Christian was an incredibly brilliant man. He will be missed."
British DJ Pete Tong tweeted a farewell message to his friend on Friday.
Audigier was the man behind the famous Von Dutch trucker hat worn by celebrities like Ashton Kutcher and Britney Spears. He was inspired by pop culture.
“My demo is tabloid magazine," he once told GQ.
"I am different from the other designer. Because what they say they
hate, I love. They say they hate it but they always looking at it. We
all look at OK! magazine. We pretend to don’t be. But we all want to see.”
Christian Audigier
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Christian Audigier
Christian Audigier in Los Angeles in January 2013.
Christian Audigier,(French pronunciation: [kristiã~ odijie];
May 21, 1958 – July 9, 2015) was a French fashion designer and
entrepreneur, living in the United States. In 2010, his fortune was
estimated at 250 million dollars.[citation needed]
In October 2009, Audigier said he would be interested in investing in shares of Club Med — around 1-3%. In 2011, he sold the brand Ed Hardy to Iconix Brand Group Inc. for $ 62 million.[1]
Early life and career
Christian Audigier was born on May 21, 1958 in Avignon, France where
he and his younger brother and sister were raised by their single
mother.[2]Audigier
began working in the fashion industry at the age of fourteen. He
designed a line of denim that was inspired by his love for rock and
roll-specifically The Rolling Stones. Christian Audigier’s designs
became so popular that a top executive from Macken jeans took notice of
Audigiers talent, affording him the opportunity to create with the
company and travel the world. He moved to New York in his early twenties
to expand his own brand.[3]
While in New York, Audigier worked with top brands such as Guess,
Levis, Diesel, American Outfitters, Fiourucii, Bisou Bisou, and XOXO.[4]
He then moved to Los Angeles where he would achieve most of his success
as a fashion designer. Christian Audigier teamed up with Kenneth
Howard, the owner of Von Dutch, and helped pluck the brand from
obscurity into the spotlight by using Audigier’s lengthy list of
celebrity clients with household names like Justin Timberlake, and
Britney Spears to wear the brand.[4] Audigier parted ways amicably with
the brand in 2004 and went on to popularize the Ed Hardy brand.[5]
The Ed Hardy brand, featuring incorporates tattoo artist Don Hardy's
colorful designs, had already been licensed and marketed on a small
scale, but under Christian Audigier this was dramatically increased, in
designs that incorporate a lot of colour and flash.[6] Audigier's other brands include SMET, born on the street, and much like his Ed hardy designs, they are flashy and cutting edge.[7]Audigier's brands are sold internationally in over 40 countries. Audigier's net worth is estimated at $250 million.[8]
In 2008, he joined forces with a small cooperative in France,
Montpeyroux Estates, to release a line of fine wines.The bottles are
wrapped with labels that are designed with the classic Ed Hardy designs
and are done by art director and photographer Barry Sutton[9]
On top of all of Audigier's business ventures he is a partner along
with pure management in a nightclub within the hotel Treasure Island in
Las Vegas.[10]
He has one daughter with Michelle Lorraine, Crystal Audigier. Audigier
created a line of denim named after his daughter "Crystal Rock" and
again is similar to Audigier's edgy look that made him stand out.[11]
He has also released a line of Ed Hardy perfumes for men and women.
Audigier has appeared on The Next Top Model series on numerous
occasions.[12]
Illness and death
Audigier was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, a cancer of the bone, in January 2015. He died on July 9, 2015 at the age of 57.[13]
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