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Dressed to Kill: Why the Most Fashionable Football Hooligans Used to Wear Pierre Cardin

French fashion designer Pierre Cardin has died aged 98. But why did his clothes became “must have” accessories for British football hooligans in the 1980s?

Tributes have been flooding in for Pierre Cardin, who was among the first to design ‘ready-to-wear’ collections in the late 1950s.

A designer with great business acumen, he became the king of designer merchandising in the 1970s and 80s.

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