PARIS (Reuters) – Fashion designer Paco Rabanne, known for his daring metal designs and eccentric statements, died on Friday at the age of 88 in Brittany, a spokesman for his company said. brand.
Real name Francisco Rabaneda y Cuervo, he enjoyed success in the 1960s with his experimental collections of chain mail-style dresses.
From the 1990s, Paco Rabanne stood out more for his eccentric remarks in the media where he told the story of past lives and several hazardous predictions which would prove to be false, such as the fall of the Mir space station in Paris.
(Report Mimosa Spencer, written by Blandine Hénault)
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