Loosely speaking, he was. His work was described as futuristic and space-age, and he did create a concept spacesuit for NASA in 1970. The NYT obit [1] is nicel

Loosely speaking, he was. His work was described as futuristic and space-age, and he did create a concept spacesuit for NASA in 1970. The NYT obit [1] is nicely done, and its title is well-judged, too, Pierre Cardin, Designer to the Famous and Merchant to the Masses, Dies at 98 Cardin was a businessman almost more than he was a fashion designer; if nowadays we refer to "brands", it has much to do with him. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/style/pierre-cardin-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/style/pierre-cardin-dead....