Spanish fashion designer Paco Rabanne, best known for his Avant-Garde style of designs, and bestselling fragrances such as Invictus and Lady Million, has died at age 88.

Rabanne’s passing was confirmed on Friday in a statement by the Puig group-the parent company of the Paco Rabanne brand.

 “I am profoundly saddened by the death of Paco Rabanne,” the group’s chief executive, Marc Puig, said. “Through his great personality, he transmitted a unique aesthetic and a daring, revolutionary, and provocative vision of the world of fashion.”

His company, House of Paco Rabanne, paid its own tribute to the man it described as a “visionary designer and founder”.

The fashion house said: “Among the most seminal fashion figures of the 20th century, his legacy will remain a constant source of inspiration. We are grateful to Monsieur Rabanne for establishing our avant-garde heritage and defining a future of limitless possibilities.”

Rabanne’s prominence started in 1966, with his first couture collection- “Twelve Unwearable Dresses in Contemporary Materials”- a series of minidresses made from plastic strips and discs held together with large metal rings.

The designer is reported as famously saying: “Who cares if no one can wear my dresses? They are statements.”

 The designs did just that, as Rabanne had the fashion world sitting up and taking notice of the fashion-forward style of designs.

It was also coming out of the 60s going into the ’70s when he partnered with the Puig family group for fragrance development which has since become among the most sought-after scents- Invictus and Lady million among his most popular.