Francoise Hardy Paco Rabanne Metal Dress

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Francoise hardy paco rabanne metal dress. Metal elements are a signature of rabanne s creations. Famously recognized as paco rabanne franciso rabaneda cuervo is a spanish couture designer who was born on 18 th february 1934 to enlighten the fashion world. 12 unwearable dresses. He used unconventional material such as metal paper and plastic for his metal couture and outlandish and flamboyant designs.

For the debut of his namesake brand in 1966 he presented manifesto. The spaniard a self described accessoriste was a jewelry designer before he turned his hand to fashion and. Long dresses or short in velvet or lace the paco rabanne dress is refined and feminine. 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. See more ideas about paco rabanne fashion 1960s fashion. Discover paco rabanne s collection of feminine dresses. Jun 12 2015 explore mally s board metal disc dress on pinterest.

It was in a similar setting that francoise hardy was photographed some 50 years ago wearing an iconic metal mesh dress surrounded by the works of victor vasarely. He experimented with metal rectangles and disks usually found in mail armor hammered plates and butchers aprons. Paco rabanne metal and plastic dress 1967. Paco rabanne the creator.

Paco rabanne with a model in one of his link dresses 1966 photo. Some have dressed inspiring women such as françoise hardy jane birkin and audrey hepburn. May 4 2014 explore antonia estall s board paco rabanne on pinterest. Mr paco rabanne was born francisco rabaneda y cuervo in 1934 in spanish basque country.

Today julien dossena has drawn on this image to explore the nuances of radical artistic expression and the new encounters that it invites. He started his career in fashion by creating jewelry for givenchy dior and balenciaga and founded his own fashion house in 1966. There s a reason that paco rabanne s signature link dresses look like body jewels. Rabanne s mother was a head of tailoring at a balenciaga in spain when the spanish civil war started he and his mother left for france.

The silver mesh dress is one of these iconic pieces as is the dress in gold.