Welcome Back Paco

This dress has been worn by Chloe Sevigny and was purchased by a collector of vintage a few years ago, but I always wanted this dress to have a second chance!  Fortunately, this very chic collector did a little edit of her fine closet and I can retell the store of this Technicolor dress. In an homage to Madame Vionnet, this Paco Rabanne dress breaks from the traditional pieces of Haute Couture that we expect from Paco. There are no discs and no outlandish metal work, the hallmarks of Paco style. For that reason this dress is an extremely rare and unusual dress that is a runway sample. It is from 1979 and is a geometric and colorful printed silk dress.

Cameron

Paco Rabanne Haute Couture, 1979, multi color gown in homage to Vionnet.  Flexible size SOLD

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ARE YOU STRONG ENOUGH?

This Paco Rabanne Haute Couture chain mail and disk multi color jacket is not for a wimp.  The wearer needs to have a strong spine as it's HEAVY METAL.  The brave soul will wear this bare (please don't have a hairy chest as those hairs will get stuck in the links!), but a bodysuit or beautiful La Perla bra will solve the problem.  This is a show-stopper, so when you get an invite that says "Creative Black Tie" or "Festive Attire", just throw this on and you will stop traffic.

I do hope you understand my hairy chest joke!

-Cameron

Paco Rabanne disc jacket c. early 1970's. modern size 4.

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PACO FETISH

With Iggy Pop once as the face of the house and a legacy of making clothes out of unusual materials and with a taste for fetish, Paco Rabanne is an original punk. As the MET gala fast approaches and you are still wondering what to wear here are two stunning options for the inner punk in you. The feather and lace dress with cape is absolutely a show stopper. The piece is in perfect condition, with peacock feathers in a green hue weaved through the lace while the collar has the feathers placed straight up to cover half the face. It is very dramatic, high fashion and incredibly theatrical like the bird itself. As for the PVC gown that is Paco Rabanne at his Barbarella glory. The use of PVS alludes to fetishism, a tough and ballsy dress that begs to be shown off. It has a slight imperfection on the side stitch, but when one is wearing a dress like that we can guarantee you no one will be looking at the side stitch. Bring your punk attitude and celebrate the rebel in you. 

-Eri 

Paco Rabanne Haute Couture black peacock feather dress and cape, c.1990's. Modern size 4. 

Paco Rabanne Haute Couture black PVC gown with train, c.1990's. Modern size 4. 

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BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG

We have some killer Paco Rabanne Haute Couture from the 1980s that just arrived.  We haven't photographed those pieces yet, but here is an early 2000s Paco Rabanne ready to wear chain-mail micro mini dress that I think is MET gala punk appropriate.  The real daredevil will wear it with nothing underneath.  Alternatively some La Perla might be more favorable when you do the receiving line and shake Anna Wintour's hand. 

-Cameron

Paco Rabanne chain-mail tank dress, c. 2000's. Size 2-4. 

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VIVE LE PACO

Paco Rabanne was the first designer to recycle. He played with materials that were at the time unconventional. Coming from an architecture background and working with jewelry, he understood shapes and what could materials be transformed into. He experimented with chain-mail using it as fabric or leather. His famous "Le 69" chain-mail bag was revolutionary and continues to be reinvented and reinterpreted today. This vest is clear demonstration that fashion when daring can be spectacular. A puff vest in chain mail for the punk inside of all the ladies and gents.  

Paco Rabanne gunmetal unisex chain mail vest, c.1990's.  Marked size 36.  SOLD

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PLASMATIC

Not many of you will equate Wendy O. Williams, the Queen of Shock Rock and front woman of legendary punk band, the Plasmatics, as a fashion influence on selections at Decades.  However, when this early 1990s Paco Rabanne came our way with dramatic plastic straps and side panels, I was reminded of the Mohawk-wearing and often nearly nude performer who liked to blow up equipment and simulate sex on stage!  Somewhere in my storage is their 1981 album Beyond the Valley of 1984.  With the upcoming MET exhibition theme of Punk, here is a dress that is totally punk and requiring a very wicked-wearer with an equally wicked-bod.
-Cameron

Paco Rabanne black cut-out plastic strap dress, c.1990's. Marked size 10, Modern size 4-6. 

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HIGH LOW CHLOE

As we all know, New Yorkers love to talk and Big Apple dwellers love them some Chloe Sevigny dish. It seems that everyone I know kicked it with at Liquid Sky back in the day or spotted Sevigny as a vintage-clad teen skulking through the East Village when she allegedly eschewed handbags in favor of carrying her essentials in a white plastic deli bag. Several years later, Sevigny sightings are still as numerous as they were in the early 90s, when Sevigny interned at Sassy and was the subject of Jay McInerney's infamous New Yorker send-up, Chloe's Scene, and discussion/dissection of what makes an "It" girl.

Sigh. What happened to the "It" girl? Where has she gone? In all likelihood, she's left the city entirely, and is posting up somewhere in the country in a geodesic dome that's she built herself while she cans and pickles and quilts.

If you ask me, Chloe is one of, if not the, last truly great "It" girls. She eschews stylists and does her own hair and make-up and consistently knocks it out of the park on the red carpet. Her style is truly inimitable plus her affinity for vintage and her ability to know how to wear it in a way that always feels modern, makes her a truly fashionable gal. And I'm not the only one. I'm pretty sure that the gang over at Opening Ceremony finds her pretty chic as they've tapped her to collaborate on an in-house line of clothing season after season.

Of course, seeing Chloe in Decades picks is always a blast. Here's a few of my favorite Chloe Sevigny selections over the years:

--Lizzy

Chloe in vintage Paco Rabanne haute couture dress and necklace in a shoot for the LA Times

Chloe in vintage Thierry Mugler at the Vanity Fair Oscar party in 2007

Chloe in vintage Holly Harp at the Academy Awards in 2002

So, we picked a few pieces and just posted them on our website here that remind of fashion's most beloved daredevil. Check out a preview below:

Vintage Issey Miyake draped dress, Vintage Theirry Mugler black leather dress, vintage YSL princess puff sleeve cocktail dress

Zimmerman mint bouclé dress, YSL black jumpsuit, YSL grey jersey vest

Barbarella-Style Seduction from Paco Rabanne

For the party girls who would not be caught dead in another cotton, linen, silk or man-made fiber again . . . BEHOLD; Chain Mail. Paco Rabanne just wants us to have a little raucus fun with this dress, a Barbarella-inspired couture piece in shades of rust chain mail with a matching honeycomb collar (and this from the man who branded Galliano and McQueen as "fashion hooligans" for their provocative designs!).

Paco Rabanne Haute Couture Shades of Rust Chain Mail Minidress with Matching Collar, c. 1960s. Fits a contemporary size 4 or narrow 6. SOLD

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Decades & Chloë Sevigny in the Los Angeles Times

This Sunday's edition of the Los Angeles Times profiles Academy Award-nominated actress Chloë Sevigny in a very excellent article by Rose Apodaca. Chloë stopped by Decades for the Times' photo shoot, where she discovered stunning couture by Chanel (pictured top), Paco Rabanne (pictured bottom), and Yves Saint Laurent. The article is available here to online subscribers--be sure to pick up a copy for the gorgeous photos.

Paco Rabanne Haute Couture

In an homage to Madame Vionnet this Paco Rabanne dress breaks from the traditional pieces of Haute Couture that we expect from Paco. There are no discs and no outlandish metal work, the hallmarks of Paco style. For that reason this dress is an extremely rare and unusual dress that is a runway sample. It is from 1979 and is a geometric and colorful printed silk dress.
Paco Rabanne Haute Couture, 1979, multi color gown in homage to Vionnet. SOLD

or further information or to purchase please contact blog@decadesinc.com