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Paco Rabanne has died at age 88 in Portsall, France.
The fashion designer’s death was announced on his company’s Instagram Friday along with a black and white portrait of him captured in 1999.
„The House of Paco Rabanne wishes to honour our visionary designer and founder who passed away today at the age of 88,“ the caption read. „Among the most seminal fashion figures of the 20th century, his legacy will remain a constant source of inspiration.“
The statement continued, „We are grateful to Monsieur Rabanne for establishing our avant-garde heritage and defining a future of limitless possibilities.“
José Manuel Albesa, president of fashion and beauty at Puig, a fashion and fragrance label and Paco Rabanne’s parent company, confirmed the news in a statement to several media outlets on Friday, adding, „Paco Rabanne made transgression magnetic.
