Visionary Paco Rabanne passes away at 88
Some people are born to make their mark in this world with a
flair for fashion.
The man who blasted on to the fashion scene with his futuristic take on style has passed on.
With dresses made from metal, plastic, and paper, he changed the definition of couture.
The Spanish designer died last week in France.
“Paco Rabanne made transgression magnetic,” Jose Manuel Albesa, the president of the beauty and fashion division at Puig, said in a statement. “Who else could induce fashionable Parisian women to clamor for dresses made of plastic and metal?” (NYTimes)
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When the news hit, Vic Naidoo was not just taken aback by this revolutionary’s death.
But he was also upset, that the man who created One Million was no longer.
It’s amazing how a fragrance can be invisible to the eye and yet make a person feel so confident.
Which is why we think that the death of this iconic man is such terrible news.
“He burst onto the French fashion scene in 1966 with a collection called ‘Manifesto: 12 Unwearable Dresses in Contemporary Materials’ and chain-link minidresses composed of hundreds of plastic and metal disks.
Three years later he introduced his first perfume, called Calandre (the name means “car grill”), which became the basis of a fragrance empire.” (NY Times)
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His philosophy is something that really transcended time.
He believed in pushing conventions of the “status quo”. “Inspired by women to empower women.” (Instagram)
Something that perhaps we could all be inspired by? Pushing the status quo made him one of the most iconic fashion leaders and his philosophy made him timeless.
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