16 Facts About Paco Rabanne

Paco Rabanne collaborated with a range of iconic fashion houses and designed costumes for films.

Paco Rabanne was the recipient of several awards, including the Legion of Honour, which recognised his contributions to the arts and fashion.

Paco Rabanne created a number of highly successful scents, including Paco Rabanne Pour Homme, 1 Million, and Lady Million.

Paco Rabanne was born on 18 February 1934 in the Spanish Basque town of Pasaia, Gipuzkoa province.

Paco Rabanne started his career in fashion by creating jewellery for Givenchy, Dior, and Balenciaga and founded his own fashion house in 1966.

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

Paco Rabanne is known for designing the iconic green dress, as well as the other costumes, worn by Jane Fonda in the 1968 science-fiction film Barbarella.

For Tour 1996 and the resulting Live a Bercy album, singer Mylene Farmer commissioned Paco Rabanne to create her live-concert stage costumes.

In 1966, Paco Rabanne was named one of the "fashion revolutionaries" in New York by Women's Wear Daily, alongside Edie Sedgwick, Tiger Morse, Pierre Cardin, Baby Jane Holzer, Rudi Gernreich, Andre Courreges, Emanuel Ungaro, Yves Saint Laurent, and Mary Quant.

In November 2010, Paco Rabanne was awarded the Legion of Honour by France's minister of culture, Frederic Mitterrand.

In 1968, Paco Rabanne began collaborating with the fragrance company Puig, which resulted in the company marketing his perfumes.

The fragrance 1 Million, released in 2008, was the last scent that Paco Rabanne played a role in developing and is considered to be one of the most popular men's fragrances worldwide.

In 2005, Paco Rabanne opened the first exhibition of his drawings in Moscow, Russia.

Paco Rabanne wanted the money that the drawing sold for to go to the women of Beslan.

Paco Rabanne claimed he had lived several lives, to have known Jesus in a previous life, to have seen God three times, to have been visited by extraterrestrials, to have murdered Tutankhamun, and to be 75,000 years old.

Paco Rabanne died at his home in Portsall, Ploudalmezeau, France, on 3 February 2023, aged 88.