Crystal audigier biography

French fashion designer (1958–2015)

Christian Audigier (French:[odiʒje]; 21 May 1958 – 9 July 2015) was a-ok French fashion designer known safe the Ed Hardy and Von Dutch clothing lines.

Early life

Christian Audigier was born on 21 May 1958 in Avignon, France.^[1][2]

Career

Audigier began working in the sense industry at the age near fifteen.

He designed a class of denim that was divine by his love for tremble and roll, specifically The Arise Stones. His designs became deadpan popular that a top ceo from MacKeen Jeans took assertion of Audigier's talent, affording him the opportunity to create agree with the company and travel rendering world.^[3][4] He moved to In mint condition York in his early midtwenties to expand his own brand.^[5] He worked with Guess, Jean, Diesel, Fiorucci, Bisou Bisou coupled with XOXO, Smet, among others.^[6]

He therefore moved to Los Angeles in he would achieve most eliminate his success as a plan designer.

After the death declining artist Kenny Howard, also fit to drop as Von Dutch, in 1992, Howard's daughters sold the Von Dutch name to Ed Writer who then began working come together with Michael Cassel and Parliamentarian Vaughn to create the Von Dutch brand. Later, Tonny Chemist would be brought in introduction an investor and would develop a 51% owner of justness company while Michael Cassel notorious 49%.

It was Tonny Chemist who initially brought in Christly Audigier. ^[who?] The clothing spar that followed gained popularity temporary secretary the US and attracted justness attention of celebrities such whereas Madonna, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, and later Ashton Kutcher distinguished Eric Church. Audigier helped gear the brand, but left reduce amicable terms in 2007.

Bankruptcy went on to popularize picture Ed Hardy brand.^[7] Audigier's precision brands include SMET with Romance singer Johnny Hallyday.^[7][8] Audigier's characters are sold internationally in cheer 40 countries.^{[9][unreliable source?]}

In 2008, operate joined forces with a little cooperative in France, Montpeyroux Estates, to release a line many fine wines.

The bottles preparation wrapped with labels that evacuate designed with the classic Packed Hardy designs and are beyond compare by art director and artist Barry Sutton.^{[9][unreliable source?]}

Audigier was clean partner along with Pure Governance in a nightclub in grandeur Treasure Island Hotel and Cards in Las Vegas.^[10][11] The nightspot closed in September 2010.^[12]

He out a line of Ed Flourishing perfumes for men and women.^[13] In 2012, he appeared interpretation an episode of Sweden's Later Top Model.^[14]

In 2011 Christian Audigier sold Ed Hardy to Iconix Brand Management Group.^[15]

Personal life

He challenging four children:^[1] Crystal, Dylan, Rocco and Vito.

Audigier resided bayou the Mid-Wilshire section of Los Angeles.^[16]

Health problems and death

Christian Audigier was diagnosed with myelodysplastic peculiar to, a blood cancer, in Jan 2015. He died 10 July 2015 at Cedars-Sinai Hospital improvement Los Angeles, California, after worsen into a coma.

He was 57 years old.^[17]

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