Friday, February 3, 2023 | 11:15 a.m.
The Spanish designer Paco Rabanne passed away this Friday at the age of 88, leaving the fashion world in mourning. The artist was one of the most futuristic within his genre, while also being a major influence on several of his colleagues.
The Franco-Spanish designer has died at his home in Portstall, in northwestern France, sources from the fashion firm he founded confirmed to EFE.
Francisco Rabaneda y Cuervo, born on February 18, 1934 in the Spanish town of Pasajes, in the Basque Country, made a great career as a dressmaker and perfume creator, especially in France.
The Spanish fashion designer was known for his eccentric clothing designs and for founding one of the best-known fragrance brands in the world.
Rabanne’s death was confirmed by his brand’s parent company, which said he had “marked generations with his radical vision of fashion and his legacy will live on.”
Paco Rabanne was world renowned for his metal ensembles and space age designs from the 1970s.
The death of Francisco Rabaneda y Cuervo was also confirmed by a spokesman for the Spanish group Puig, which controls the Paco Rabanne brand, from which the designer left two decades ago.
“Paco Rabanne made transgression something magnetic. Who but he could convince the Parisian woman to demand dresses made of plastic and metal?” Puig explained in his statement.
