Early Life and Formation: A Transnational Beginning Pietro Costante Cardin, known universally as Pierre Cardin, was born on July 2, 1922, in San Biagio di Callalta, a small town near Venice, Italy. His origins were steeped in a world of craftsmanship and familial ambition; his parents, Maria Montagner and Alessandro Cardin, were prosperous wine merchants who unfortunately lost their fortune during the upheaval of World War I. This ear…