Pierre Cardin, center, speaks to the audience at the debut of his 2008 Spring/Summer collection in the vast desert of Mingsha Mountain, near Dunhuang, along the well-known Silk Road in north-west China's Gansu Province on Saturday, October 20. [Photo: cnsphoto]

Pierre Cardin's 2008 Spring/Summer series release was held in the vast desert of Mingsha Mountain, or whistling Sand Mountain, near Dunhuang, along the well-known Silk Road in north-west China's Gansu Province on Saturday, October 20.

A collection of 200 fashion dresses was shown. Pierre Cardin and his chief designer Sergio Altieri, who has worked with Cardin for many years, also attended the press conference about the collection.