Not complaining, but I'm surprised this reached the front page. Was Pierre Cardin closer to tech somehow than other famous fashion designers?
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....
I'm very much onboard with what you wrote, but I too saw this post and wondered what it was about him that took his death to HN's front page.