RABANNE

The Paco Rabanne generation of today has just as much of an appetite for the label's chain link and metallic disc creations as the disco frequenters of years gone by – just ask current Artistic Director Julien Dossena. Brought up in the Basque Country, a region straddling the border between France and Spain, Paco (né Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo) went on to study architecture at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris: a pivotal moment in his career that influenced his signature structured aesthetic. Using innovative fabrics – think sheet metal, paper and plastic – for his debut womenswear collection, a quick glance at the label's current collection indicates his visionary outlook remains relevant to this day. Expect show-stopping eveningwear, irreverent fragrances and glitz aplenty.