Paco Rabanne Metal Dress 1960s

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Paco rabanne metal dress 1960s.

Happy birthday to paco rabanne who was born on this day in 1934. Paco rabanne metal and plastic dress 1967. Paco rabanne metal dresses 1969 original footage hd. This sculptural micromini dress constructed of square and rectangular aluminum plates joined with metal rings is a rare surviving example from his unwearable collection.

Paco rabanne will always be remembered for his experimentation with and application of unconventional industrial materials like plastic neon and metal towards fashion. Rabanne s dresses revealed more than they concealed but critics reacted less to his exposure of the female form than to. At the age of five he and his mother a head seamstress at balenciaga escaped the spanish civil war by fleeing to france where he assumed the name paco rabanne by the early 1960s after training as an architect he applied his skills towards avant garde accessory design. Paco rabanne the creator.

Mr paco rabanne was born francisco rabaneda y cuervo in 1934 in spanish basque country. Assembled by hand as a seamless surface of metal pastilles the bag is the quintessential expression of paco rabanne avant garde when created fifty years ago and timeless. Jun 12 2015 explore mally s board metal disc dress on pinterest. 12 unwearable dresses.

The 1969 bag bridges past and present through iconic design and artisanal technique. He started his career in fashion by creating jewelry for givenchy dior and balenciaga and founded his own fashion house in 1966. His designs overturned and redefined the fashion system of the mid 1960s. Formally trained as an architect rabanne got his first taste for fashion while he was in school drawing fashion sketches for dior and givenchy as.

See more ideas about paco rabanne fashion 1960s fashion. The franco spanish designer originally worked for chris. Paco rabanne with a model in one of his link dresses 1966 photo. Paco rabanne metal dresses and 1969 fashion.

He used unconventional material such as metal paper and plastic for his metal couture and outlandish and flamboyant designs.