Pierre Cardin, who during his more than seven decades in fashion brought geometric shapes to haute couture and put his name on everything from clothing to furniture to perfume to pens, died Tuesday. He was 98. "The members of the Academy of Fine Arts announce with great sadness the death of their fellow member Pierre Cardin," the elite French arts group tweeted.

The son of a wealthy wine merchant, Cardin was born near Venice on July 2, 1922. He and his family moved from Fascist Italy to France when he was 2. Pierre Cardin was the Italian-born French designer who went from the world of bespoke high fashion for private clients to ready-to-wear designs for the masses.