Paco Rabanne, (born
Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo on
February 18,
1934 in
Saint Sebastian in the Spanish
Basque Country), is a
fashion designer. He fled Spain for France with his mother when the
Spanish Civil War broke out. He originally had an architect's education but became known as the
enfant terrible of French fashion world in the 1960s.
Rabanne started his career in fashion by creating jewellery for
Givenchy,
Dior and
Balenciaga. He started his own fashion house in
1966. He used such unconventional materials as metal, paper and plastic for his outlandish and flamboyant designs.
Paco Rabanne is known for his costume designs for such films as
Barbarella. Also
Françoise Hardy was a big fan of Rabanne's designs.
Rabanne also has an interest in paranormal phenomena, and became infamous for his false prediction of the Russian space station
Mir falling to Paris in
1999.
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