Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo 18 February 1934 – 3 February 2023, more commonly known under the pseudonym of Paco Rabanne Spanish, was a Spanish fashion designer who became known as an enfant terrible of the 1960s French fashion world.
He started his career in fashion by creating jewelry for Givenchy, Dior, and Balenciaga and founded his own fashion house in 1966.
He used unconventional materials such as metal, paper, and plastic for his metal couture and outlandish and flamboyant designs. For the debut of his namesake brand in 1966, he presented “Manifesto: 12 unwearable dresses in contemporary materials”.
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Rabanne was born on 18 February 1934 in the Basque town of Pasajes, Gipuzkoa province. His father, a Republican Colonel, was executed by Francoist troops during the Spanish Civil War.
Rabanne’s mother was a chief seamstress at Cristóbal Balenciaga’s first couture house in Donostia, Basque Country, and moved Rabanne’s family when he opened Balenciaga in Paris in 1937.
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