In 1966, the same year Parisian-based fashion designer Paco Rabanne unveiled his first collection "Twelve Unwearable Dress" made from plastic, he ordered his first rectangles and squares of aluminum sheet. A short time later, Rabanne fashioned the same aluminum discs used in protective aprons for butchers into his avant garde clothing.

Paco Rabanne
Spanish, b. 1934
Minidress, 1969
aluminum and polished silver
H. 29 1/2 x W. 24 in. (75 x 61 cm)
Jean Plateau–Institut pour l’Histoire de l’Aluminium Collection, Paris