In Paris, Princess Maria Carolina and Maria Chiara parade two Sicilian Bourbons for Pierre Cardin

It is located in the heart of the 19^e Paris district, at the Espace Niemeyer, where Pierre Cardin’s fashion show took place on September 25 in front of an audience of celebrities and influencers. Under the dome of the building, we spotted former Miss Universe Iris Mitenaer, content creator Johann Papz… But above all, Bourbon Prince Charles of the Two Sicilies and his wife Camilla. Indeed, to celebrate his spring-summer 2024 collection, the house’s president, Rodrigo Basilicati-Cardin, the designer’s nephew, invited Princess Maria Carolina and Maria Chiara de Bourbon de Deux-Sicilies to parade on the catwalk at the same time. .

Maria Chiara of Bourbon of the Two Sicilies, Duchess of Noto and Capri, 18, appeared in a “Space Age” inspired dress. Meanwhile, her sister Maria Carolina, 20, took to the stage in a flowing blue dress which she had fun twirling in the air. Usually, the two princesses are in the front row. So it’s a great first for these two public figures who tried their hand at modeling for one evening. The most important moment for those who dream of working in the fashion industry and have just graduated from the prestigious Istituto Marangoni in Paris.

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Maria Ciara and her sister came into the limelight in 2018 thanks to the show It starts today. “I remember that in Monaco we have two friends very close to us, once we hid behind the trees, there were people passing by, we said ‘boo’,” the man says honestly. The big one, who was asked if he had ever “stumbled”. like any other teenager. A sequence that quickly went viral on social networks, becoming a cult at the same time. Five years later, the video continues to circulate on TikTok.

Therefore, there is nothing more surprising than seeing these two princesses parade for Pierre Cardin. Since the designer’s death in 2020, the house has been run by his great-nephew, Rodrigo Basilicati-Cardin. If the idea is a continuation of the avant-garde work established by the designer, the brand also wants to appeal to a younger and more connected audience. “I also want to appeal to young customers who are increasingly moving away from uniformity,” Rodrigo Basilicati-Cardin told AFP at the beginning of the year, just after unveiling his first collection, which he signed at the same time the house returned home. podiums. If the codes remain the same, the style is reinvented.