The collector Peggy Guggenheim was one of his first customers, and the yГ©-yГ© star FranГ§oise Hardy became a fan. From space-age silhouettes to a princess on horseback: 5 highlights from Paris Haute Couture Week Written by Nick Remsen, CNN CNN Style is one of the official media partners of Paris Fashion Week.

(HeвЂ™d later sell DIY kits consisting of discs, rings, and pliers.) RabanneвЂ™s designs existed in the space between art and fashion, and they were irresistible. Arguing that вЂњsewing is a bondage,вЂќ he made dresses not of fabric, but of earth-friendly paper and other non-fashion materials like plastic and metal, which were pieced together with wire and glue.

They also clad their models in outrageous fashions while diving in the. Two years later, in 1966, he had his breakout show: вЂњTwelve Unwearable Dresses in Contemporary Materials.вЂќ Presenting at the George V, Rabanne broke utterly with convention, using music (which wasnвЂ™t done at the time) and including models of color in his casting. Magazine editors occasionally styled models in actual space suits and diving equipment. Will Kane Never get lipstick in your eyes ever again. Fashion would harness the spirit of the rocketeers with sleek lines, shiny fabrics and the chance to see the world through visors. When he was 30, Rabanne presented his first fashion designs. 1960s Space Age fashion a retrospective IN the 1960s, fashion designers looked to the stars for inspiration.

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