Paco Rabanne

Paco Rabanne, the Spanish-born designer, has died at the age of 88 in Portsall, Brittany.

Reflective of the mid-1960s cultural climate, his garments used post-war industrial materials - creating a trademark chunky and bold look. Born in 1934 in the Basque Country, in the western Pyrenees, he escaped the Spanish Civil War by fleeing to France at the age of five alongside his mother, who was a head seamstress at Balenciaga. He founded his namesake brand in1966, and while it is now best-known for is aftershaves and perfumes, it was his Space Age designs in the 1960s, that first brought him to the attention of many.

Designer was famous for his transgressive approach, which included making dresses out of plastic and metal.

“You have to know how to be smart. The main thing is to talk about yourself, to differentiate yourself from others. Rabanne’s first collection in 1966, “12 Unwearable Dresses in Contemporary Materials”, used plastics.

Spanish fashion designer Paco Rabanne has died at age 88. He helped pioneer the Space Age aesthetic in the 1960s, and his brand is famous for perfume.

Rabanne took the promotion a step further and participated himself in a live chat session on the site. Rabanne also accurately foreshadowed the role of the internet in retail and marketing, and was one of the first designers to launch a fragrance online in the mid-1990s. While his various Armageddon predictions fell short in hindsight, the mystic influence on his fragrance and fashion did lead to various successes. I am an Aquarius, that is why I am on the earth, in order to foresee the Third World War.” The seminal fragrance Calandre was launched in 1969, in Spain, France and the U.S., breaking ground for Puig’s international development. Who but Paco Rabanne could imagine a fragrance called Calandre – the word means ‘automobile grill,’ you know – and turn it into an icon of modern femininity?”

The Spanish designer, whose real name was Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo, founded the renowned fashion house named after him.

Born in 1934 in the Basque Country, he escaped the Spanish Civil War by fleeing to France at the age of five alongside his mother, a head seamstress at Balenciaga. “We are grateful to Monsieur Rabanne for establishing our avant-garde heritage and defining a future of limitless possibilities.” Fashion designer Paco Rabanne has died at the age of 88, it has been announced.

Eccentric designer became known for his space-age metal dresses and signature range of fragrances.

Along with Yves Saint Lauren, he was also one of the first designers to cast non-white models on the 1960s catwalk. After the show, Rabanne declared to a shocked audience of French press: “Who cares if no one can wear my dresses. He also claimed to have arrived on this planet [78,000 years ago](https://www.vogue.com/article/trends-paco-rabanne-fall-2017-ready-to-wear), leading some to nickname him “Wacko Paco”. He began by designing a small collection of large plastic accessories and buttons, which he sold to various couture houses, before showing his first fashion presentation in 1964 called “Twelve Experimental Dresses”. During that time he dabbled in sketching, but it was not until the 1960s that he began making clothes and accessories. We are grateful to Monsieur Rabanne for establishing our avant garde heritage and defining a future of limitless possibilities.”

The Spanish designer, whose real name was Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo, founded the renowned fashion house named after him. Alongside French designers Pierre ...

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The Spanish designer, famed for his metallic Space Age dresses, has passed away.

Rabanne (born Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo in 1934) rose to success in 1966 with his metal and plastic-crafted first collection titled 'The Unwearables'. We are grateful to Monsieur Rabanne for establishing our avant-garde heritage and defining a future of limitless possibilities.' 'I am profoundly saddened by the death of Paco Rabanne,' the group’s chief executive, Marc Puig, said in a statement.

The Spanish fashion designer and perfume legend died in Portsall, France. Rabanne, born Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo in 1934, grew up in the Basque town of Pasajes ...

José Manuel Albesa, president of Puig’s fashion and beauty division, said: "Paco Rabanne made transgression magnetic. I am an "That radical, rebellious spirit set him apart: There is only one Rabanne.

"A major personality in fashion, his was a daring, revolutionary and provocative vision"

"A major personality in fashion, his was a daring, revolutionary and provocative vision, conveyed through a unique aesthetic," Marc Puig, chairman and chief executive officer of Puig commented. It was revived by Puig in 2011 with designer Manish Arora, and later, Julien Dossena, who still leads the creative direction of the fashion house. "Who else could induce fashionable Parisian women to clamour for dresses made of plastic and metal?

The Spanish designer, whose real name was Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo, founded the renowned fashion house named after him.

Born in 1934 in the Basque Country, he escaped the Spanish Civil War by fleeing to France at the age of five alongside his mother, a head seamstress at Balenciaga. “We are grateful to Monsieur Rabanne for establishing our avant-garde heritage and defining a future of limitless possibilities.” Fashion designer Paco Rabanne has died at the age of 88, it has been announced.

Spanish-born fashion icon Paco Rabanne's death was confirmed on Friday (February 3).

Rabanne, whose real name was Franciso Rabaneda Cuervo, shot to prominence in the 1960s. Paco Rabanne’s radically modern codes, I extend my sincere condolences to his family and to those who have known him.” Marc Puig, chairman and chief executive of Puig, also said: “I am deeply saddened by the passing of Mr.

The Spanish designer, famed for sparking the Space Age aesthetic of the 1960s, died at his home in France, his company shared in a statement.

"That radical, rebellious spirit set him apart: There is only one Rabanne. The fashion world has been left in mourning after hearing the news of the artist’s passing, and has shared reactions at the loss. The Spanish designer, famed for sparking the Space Age aesthetic of the 1960s, died at his home in France, his company shared in a statement.

Paco Rabanne, the designer who shocked the world with his futuristic vision of fashion in the 1960s has died. He was 88 years old.

The history of Puig and Paco Rabanne began in the late 1960s with the launch of Calandre,” Puig Chairman and CEO Marc Puig said in a statement. Rabanne came of age as a couturier during the 1960s, creating futuristic clothing of hammered metal, paper, and pliable plastics. [Paco Rabanne](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/designer/paco-rabanne), the decade-spanning virtuoso of industrial couture has died.

Rabanne, whose real name was Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo, founded the renowned fashion house named after him in 1966. Alongside French designers Pierre Cardin ...

Born in 1934 in the Basque Country, he escaped the Spanish Civil War by fleeing to France at the age of five alongside his mother, a head seamstress at Balenciaga. “We are grateful to Monsieur Rabanne for establishing our avant-garde heritage and defining a future of limitless possibilities.” Fashion designer Paco Rabanne has died at the age of 88, it has been announced.

The Spanish-born fashion designer Paco Rabanne - born Francisco Rabaneda y Cuervo - has died at 88 at his home in Portsall, Brittany.

Rabanne had foreseen the disaster, he claimed, from his reading of the 16th-Century French astrologer Nostradamus. In 2016, Rabanne said: “I have always had the impression of being a time accelerator. Rabanne founded his namesake brand in 1966.

PARIS — (AP) — Paco Rabanne, the Spanish-born pace-setting designer known for perfumes sold worldwide and his metallic, space-age fashions, has died, ...

Fashion announces the future.” He added that women were harbingers of what lies on the horizon. “When hair balloons, regimes fall,” Rabanne said. "The House of Paco Rabanne wishes to honor our visionary designer and founder who passed away today at the age of 88. Rabanne was known as a rebel designer in a career that blossomed with his collaboration with the family-owned Puig, a Spanish company that now also owns other design houses, including Nina Ricci, Jean Paul Gaultier, Caroline Herrera and Dries Van Noten. He said she was jailed at one point for being dressed in a “scandalous” fashion. “My colleagues tell me I am not a couturier but an artisan, and it's true that I'm an artisan.

The Spanish designer, whose real name was Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo, founded the renowned fashion house named after him.

Born in 1934 in the Basque Country, he escaped the Spanish Civil War by fleeing to France at the age of five alongside his mother, a head seamstress at Balenciaga. “We are grateful to Monsieur Rabanne for establishing our avant-garde heritage and defining a future of limitless possibilities.” Fashion designer Paco Rabanne has died at the age of 88, it has been announced.