Paco Rabanne

Paco Rabanne

Costume & Make-Up 1934-02-18 Pasaia, Spain

Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo (born 18 February 1934), more commonly known under the pseudonym of Paco Rabanne, is a Spanish fashion designer who became known as an enfant terrible of the 1960s French fashion world. Rabanne was born 18 February 1934 in the Basque town of Pasajes, Gipuzkoa province. His father, a Republican Colonel, was executed by Francoist troops during the Spanish Civil War. Rabanne's mother was chief seamstress at Cristóbal Balenciaga's first couture house in Donostia, Basque Country, and moved Rab...