Here’s Why Marty McFly Keeps Showing Up in Tributes to Pierre Cardin

As the world mourned the passing of legendary French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, a handful of people paid tribute by posting photos not of him but of … Marty McFly?

Yes, you may stumble across a “RIP Pierre Cardin” tweet with a picture of Michael J. Fox from “Back to the Future.” And if you’re an American seeing that, we assure you Fox is alive and well.

Let us explain:

Pierre Cardin is the name that pops up in the French version of Robert Zemeckis’ “Back to the Future.” In the scene where Marty wakes up in his mother’s bedroom after he’s traveled back in time to the 1950s, she reads the name on his underwear and believes that he’s “Calvin Klein,” and he starts going by Calvin for much of the film. In the French dub however, the future Mrs. McFly reads his underwear and thinks he’s “Pierre Cardin.” Check out the scene in French below:

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⚫️ Pierre Cardin est mort, inoubliable dans le rôle de Marty McFly @BacktotheFuture. pic.twitter.com/g4K00zETUF

— Bertrand DUC (@BertrandDuc) December 29, 2020

The Cardin reference fortunately works just as well as the Calvin Klein one does for American audiences, because although Cardin founded his own line in 1950 and even created the bubble dress in 1954, his innovations in licensing didn’t necessarily make him a household name until the 1960s.

Cardin’s work has touched film in other ways, as he also was the costume designer on Jean Cocteau’s classic 1946 film “Beauty and the Beast,” and he frequently worked with Jeanne Moreau on other films throughout the 1960s.

Cardin died at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine on Tuesday, his family said, according to Agence France-Presse. He was 98.

See some of the other tweet responses involving Cardin and “Back to the Future” below:

Pourquoi je pense à ça quand on me parle de Pierre Cardin ? pic.twitter.com/iHlpKMk76k

— Mila (@Mila_La_Brune) December 29, 2020

Salut Pierre Cardin. pic.twitter.com/3JzE46Mi7P

— Julien Lada (@JulienLada) December 29, 2020

George et Lorraine McFly pleurent Pierre Cardin (Calvin Klein en VO). pic.twitter.com/Tjjut9RFQm

— Patrick Sauce (@SaucePatrick) December 29, 2020

RIP Pierre Cardin, et dire que j'ai pensé à ce personnage en premier 😭 pic.twitter.com/0WyveANAZW

— Daniel Lang (@DanielLangTV) December 29, 2020

Y a que moi qui ai pensé à Retour vers le Futur à l’annonce de la mort de Pierre Cardin ? (Chercher un GIF et réaliser que Pierre Cardin était la VF de Calvin Klein 🤣🤣🤣) pic.twitter.com/9y5AbBtJxB

— Anne-Solo (@sophiegesbert) December 29, 2020

pour moi et les 3/4 de ma génération en France, Pierre Cardin=Marty McFly… pic.twitter.com/8wVNSLyER5

— Me, Myself and I (@F_Tout_Court) December 29, 2020

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