Paco Rabanne, originally
Francisco
Rabanedacuervo, is a
fashion designer
who was born on 18 February 1934 in Saint
Sebastian of the Basque Country of
Spain. 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
Fran
oise Hardy was a big fan of
Rabanne's designs.
Rabanne has an interest in paranormal
phenomena, and became notorious for his
prediction of the Russian space station Mir
falling to Paris in 1999.