RIP Francisco “Paco” Rabaneda Cuervo, better known as Paco Rabanne, architect and metal-sculptor-turned avant-garde couturier, who has departed to add his kooky Barbarella touch to Fabulon...
CAMP: "A cornucopia of frivolity, incongruity, theatricality, and humour." "A deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavored, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love." "The lie that tells the truth." "Ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical; effeminate or homosexual; pertaining to or characteristic of homosexuals."
Oh dear.... I'm terrible, I thought he was already in fabulon. I just love his clothing design.
ReplyDeleteProbably, like I did when I heard the news, you got him mixed up with Pierre Cardin, who is indeed already there... Jx
DeleteThere's a photo of Diana Ross in a similar look... but these are marvelous. Can you imagine wearing that out on a Friday night pub crawl?
ReplyDeleteImagine how green your tits would be afterwards? Jx
DeleteSad news. He was fab.
ReplyDeleteI remember that In the 70s almost everybody wore Paco Rabanne Pour Homme
I had a bottle of the stuff in the 1980s! It, like Kouros and Aramis, was an ever-present scent on the gay scene. Jx
DeleteFabuleux et avent-gardiste. Paco etait en avance sur son temps. *d'Anjou
ReplyDeleteHe certainly was way ahead of his time! Jx
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