Paco Rabanne (born Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo on 18 February 1934 in Pasajes, Basque Country) (Pasaia in Basque) is a Spanish-French 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 the French fashion world in the 1960s.
Rabanne started his career in fashion by creating jewelry 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.
Today, Paco Rabanne has a popular fragrance range with 36 fragrances.
Paco Rabanne is known for his costume designs for such films as Barbarella. Also Françoise Hardy was a big fan of Rabanne's designs. The popular French singer Mylene Farmer continues to bring the extravagance of Paco Rabanne to her live concerts.
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. Some media referred satirically this episode as "Pacolypse".
The brand has outwears, bags, shoes, scarves, small leather goods, jewellery, belts, umbrellas, media cases, frams, sunglasses, watches, fragrance, wallets, neckwear, cufflinks, etc.
The brand has outwears, bags, shoes, scarves, small leather goods, jewellery, belts, umbrellas, media cases, frams, sunglasses, watches, fragrance, wallets, neckwear, cufflinks, etc.