PACO RABBANE
This name
uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Rabaneda and the second or
maternal family name is Cuervo.
Francisco "Paco" Rabaneda Cuervo, more commonly known as Paco Rabanne (born 18 February 1934) is a
Spanish 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 l'enfant terrible of the
French fashion world in the 1960s.
Biography
Rabanne was born 18 February 1934. He 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.
In 1968, he began the collaboration with Puig company, and as a result of it
perfumes of Paco Rabanne began to be marketed.] In 1976, the company
built a perfume factory in Chartres, France.] In the 1980s, in
Brazil, his men's perfume brand registration was forfeited due to a court
judgement that the brand was never officially present in Brazil despite heavy
advertisement and a strong local awareness.[3] The court's reason
was the company could not show proof of payment of import duties because the
company's local distibutor was smuggling the perfume into Brazil.[3] It took six or seven
year to recover his brand name in Brazil.
Rabanne has given others the opportunity to
begin their fashion careers as well. Houston based designer David Peck worked
for Rabanne in Paris before launching his eponymous collection.
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 Mylène
Farmer continues to bring the
extravagance of Paco Rabanne to her live concerts.
Rabanne also has an interest in paranormal
phenomena.
He became infamous for his false prediction of the Russian space station Mir falling on Paris in
1999.
In 2005, Rabanne opened in Moscow the first exhibition
of his drawings. His reasoning for showing the drawings then was, "I am 72
years old and I wanted to present my drawings this year before disappearing
from this planet. I have not shown them to anyone except Salvador Dalí 30 years ago who told
me to keep going." One of the black and white sketches depicts a child
letting go of a white balloon and a dove into the sky. The scene was inspired
by the commemoration ceremony for the Beslan attack, in which 319 hostages
were killed, including 186 children, 12 servicemen, and 31 hostage-takers.
Rabanne wanted the money that the drawing sold for to go to the women of
Beslan.
In 2006, Rabanne also visited Kiev with great interest.
He summed up the changes he has seen aftermath of the Orange Revolution: "Ukraine reminds me of a
flower unfolding its petals before my very eyes
Paco
rabbane product:
1. Fashion
2. Fragrances
3. Genesis
Paco Rabanne Appoints Julien Dossena
Paco Rabanne has appointed 30-year-old
up-and-coming French designer Julien Dossena as its new creative director
today, reports WWD. He will show his first
collection for the house during Paris fashion week on September 26. Dossena,
who worked under Nicolas Ghesquière at Balenciaga before joining Paco Rabanne
to assist its previous creative director, Lydia Maurer, in 2013, also launched
his own line, Atto, this year, to much acclaim. “I’m
delighted to be joining this house, which boasts a unique heritage,” said
Dossena of his new post. Indeed, Paco Rabanne, whose namesake designer helped
create the sixties’ sexed-up, metallic, space-age look when he launched the
brand in 1966, has a rich history, but since its revival in 2011, the Spanish label
has been somewhat of a revolving door. Manish Arora resigned after helming the
house for two seasons, as did his successor, Maurer. We’re looking forward to
seeing how Dossena interprets Paco Rabanne’s storied aesthetic.
—Katharine K. Zarrella
Fragrances
1. Invictus
2.Million
3.Black
XS
4.Classic
