Background
Audigier was born as Christian Ginutti on 21 May 1958 in Avignon, France.
Young Christian Audigier.
Saturday August 10. Christian Audigier and his wife head out for a night on the town while vacationing in Saint-Tropez.
Designer Christian Audigier walks the runway at the Christian Audigier Fall 2007 fashion show during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week held at Smashbox Studios on March 21, 2007 in Culver City, California.
Designer Christian Audigier walks the runway at the Christian Audigier Spring 2008 fashion show during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week held at Smashbox Studios on October 16, 2007 in Culver City, California.
Ed Hardy designer Christian Audigier, and his girlfriend Nathalie Sorensen enjoy a romantic vacation in London, UK on August 5, 2013.
Christian Audigier at an event for The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010).
Young Christian Audigier.
Saturday August 10. Christian Audigier and his wife head out for a night on the town while vacationing in Saint-Tropez.
Designer Christian Audigier walks the runway at the Christian Audigier Fall 2007 fashion show during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week held at Smashbox Studios on March 21, 2007 in Culver City, California.
Designer Christian Audigier walks the runway at the Christian Audigier Spring 2008 fashion show during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week held at Smashbox Studios on October 16, 2007 in Culver City, California.
Ed Hardy designer Christian Audigier, and his girlfriend Nathalie Sorensen enjoy a romantic vacation in London, UK on August 5, 2013.
Christian Audigier at an event for The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010).
Audigier on a motorcycle in 2010
Audigier was born as Christian Ginutti on 21 May 1958 in Avignon, France.
Audigier began working in the fashion industry at the age of fifteen. He designed a line of denim that was inspired by his love for rock and roll, specifically The Rolling Stones. His designs became so popular that a top executive from MacKeen Jeans took notice of Audigier"s talent, affording him the opportunity to create with the company and travel the world.
He moved to New York in his early twenties to expand his own brand.
He worked with Guess, Levi"s, Diesel, Fiorucci, Bisou Bisou and XOXO, among others After the death of artist Kenny Howard, also known as Von Dutch, in 1992, Howard"s daughters sold the Von Dutch name to Michael Cassel and Robert Vaughn.
The clothing brand that followed gained popularity in the United States and attracted the attention of celebrities such as Madonna, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, and later Ashton Kutcher and Eric Church. Audigier helped popularize the brand, but left on amicable terms in 2004.
He went on to popularize the Editor Hardy brand.
Audigier"s other brands include SMET with French singer Johnny Hallyday. Audigier"s brands are sold internationally in over 40 countries. In 2008, he joined forces with a small cooperative in France, Montpeyroux Estates, to release a line of fine wines.
The bottles are wrapped with labels that are designed with the classic Editor Hardy designs and are done by art director and photographer Barry Sutton.
The nightclub closed in September 2010. He released a line of Editor Hardy perfumes for men and women.
In 2012, he appeared on an episode of Sweden"s Next Top Model. He had four children.
Audigier was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, a bone cancer, in January 2015.
He died on 10 July 2015 at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, California, after lapsing into a coma. He was 57 years old.
