The designer's work with metallic plastic gave a "sharp edge" to women's clothes, an effect that was "so much more than a New Look", fashion historian Suzy Menkes said on Instagram Friday. Designed by Detroit clothing designer Andrew DiDia, the body evolved from hand-crafted soft aluminum.
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"We are grateful to Monsieur Rabanne for establishing our avant-garde heritage and defining a future of limitless possibilities,” the fashion house said in a statement. The influence of space-age design was on full display with the 1960 DiDia 150a gorgeous concept car with a jet-like profile, oversized fins rising high from the wheel wells, ruby-red hubcaps, and white-wall tires. The label has seen a resurgence in popularity in recent years, under the creative direction of Julien Dossena, who has updated the house’s signature chainmail designs. Who else could induce fashionable Parisian women (to) clamour for dresses made of plastic and metal," said Jose Manuel Albesa, president of Puig's beauty and fashion division.
"Paco Rabanne made transgression magnetic. The designer teamed up with Spain's Puig family in the late 1960s, launching perfumes that served as a springboard for the company's international expansion. Surrealist Salvador Dali famously approved of his compatriot, calling him "Spain's second genius". He was known for recounting past reincarnations, and in 1999, he predicted the space station Mir would crash into France, coinciding with a solar eclipse. While his innovation and futuristic designs won plaudits, his fascination with the supernatural prompted public derision at times.
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