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Plastic disc
dresses, Life Magazine, July 7, 1968
Below are samples of dresses as made from the kit
#3939 - c. 1996 RARE
PACO RABANNE, Paris "Do it Yourself" Mod Rhodoid Plastic Disc
Dress "Suitcase" Kit!
Said Rabanne in 1966, "I
defy anyone to design a hat, coat or dress that hasn't been
done before...The only new frontier left in fashion is the
finding of new materials". Enter in the disc dress made
of small rhodoid plastic discs that are connected by metal jump
rings to create a new
kind of dress. Rabanne even created a DIY kit fully stylized
in a clear plastic (logo blazoned) suitcase to create your own
dress! This is one of those rare kits! The dress fully
made from this kit is currently selling for $3,500. You will be able
to make one just like it in a mere 8-12 hours! The discs are
silver metallic finished plastic and the rings are gold metal. The
kit contains 750 discs, 1300 rings, the Paco Rabanne metal tag, two
pliers (!) and complete directions. When I got this kit it was
scotchtaped at ends - which was likely the original tape, but just
to be SURE that this kit was complete for you... I slit open the
tape and reclosed with new tape. And yes... it's all here... and
other than the many scratches on the exterior case, it's like new!
NOTE: these kits are knowing or
unknowingly being sold as 1960's, or 1970's kits by others... and
dresses made from these kits have been sold as original 60's
dresses! But in researching, I came upon a New York
Times article from 1996 describing these kits exactly. There
are those who are making up the dress from these kits and selling as
original 60's dresses - and you can even see the mistakes in the
shaping which prove this to be true! I won't sell what I know to be
false. Still a fabulous piece of Paco Rabanne history!!
$ 2,450. SOLD