The French fashion designer and entrepreneur started a meteoric career in the fashion world in the late 1990s; he designed for several major labels such as Diesel, Lee and Levi’s. As chief designer of the biker label Von Dutch, he set a fashion trend with baseball caps, actually trucker hats. He celebrated his international breakthrough in 2004 with the Ed Hardy label, which was founded by tattoo artist and fashion designer Donald Ed Hardy. Here, Christian Audigier was inspired by the fashion of white trash and rock’n’roll. Combined with unusual and colorful tattoo motifs, funky and colorful designs with a vintage look were created…
Christian Audigier was born on May 23, 1958 in Avignon.
Audigier grew up in poor and socially disadvantaged circumstances. He finished school without a degree. He took his first steps in the fashion world as a salesman and later as a designer for jeans. After initial economic success, he worked for several major labels such as Diesel, Lee and Levi’s from the mid-1970s, after which he settled in Los Angeles, USA. In 1999 he became chief designer for Von Dutch. Within a few years, the company had risen to become a fashion brand that operates worldwide. Especially with the so-called Von Dutch baseball caps, actually trucker hats, he set a fashion trend. Sales of 260 million US dollars were achieved with the caps alone. The biker brand also received a lot of media coverage thanks to prominent wearers such as Madonna, Mike Tyson and Bill Clinton. In addition, Christian Audigier concentrated on his own fashion line.
However, in 2002 the American tattoo artist and fashion designer Donald Ed Hardy founded the Ed Hardy fashion label, which was licensed in 2004 by the Christian Audigier label. Inspired by the fashion of white trash and rock ‘n’ roll, Christian Audigier created unusual and colorful designs with a vintage look. He combined these with tattoo motifs from the workshop of Donald Ed Hardy, who had since retired. The label Ed Hardy by Christian Audigier advanced to become one of the most successful fashion brands of the decade. The casual to provocative style brought him buyers in all age groups. In 2008, Ed Hardy by Christian Audigier had annual sales of $300 million. Other Audigier projects include Smet in collaboration with Johnny Hallyday, his daughter Crystal’s Crystal Rock label, and Christian Audigier’s label. In addition, accessories such as sunglasses, bags, bed linen, perfume and energy drinks were also released from the Ed Hardy series.
Christian Audigier died on July 9, 2015 at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles at the age of 57 from complications of myelodysplastic syndrome.
What happened Christian Audigier?
Christian Audigier was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, a blood cancer, in January 2015. He died 10 July 2015 at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, California, after lapsing into a coma. He was 57 years old.
Is Christian Audigier still alive?
Date of death: July 9, 2015
Place of death: Los Angeles, California, United States
How much is Christian Audigier worth?
His net worth is reported by TMZ to be almost $250 million, and his brands are sold in more than 40 countries.
