2023-02-03T14:18:53Z
Paco Rabanne, the Spanish-born designer best known for his metallic ensembles and space age designs of the 1960s, has died at the age of 88 in Portsall, Britanny.
The death of Francisco Rabaneda y Cuervo, Paco Rabanne’s birth name, was confirmed by a spokesperson for Spanish group Puig, which controls the Paco Rabanne label he exited two decades ago.
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Designer Paco Rabanne appears with his models at the end of his Spring/Summer 2001 ready-to-wear show in Paris 9 October 2000. STR New/File Photo

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