Christian Lacroix
Christian Lacroix
Christian Marie Marc Lacroixis a French fashion designer. The name may also refer to the company he founded...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth16 May 1951
CountryFrance
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For fifteen years I've had Swiss clients who tell me that it's a mystery how the French react to their own artists, especially the painters.
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But it seemed like the more we advanced, the more the future looked impossible, making us return to the more radical times in the past.
beginning codes
I wanted to go back to the beginning and to the codes of the house.
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Much later, designers like Dior and Saint Laurent recreated styles form the '30s and '40s.
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Ready-to-wear -- that means 'ready to wear'. Some people are doing couture during ready-to-wear (fashion week), others are putting up performances, we just come here with our little flowers.
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I've known for a long time, but I have only really taken it in this morning - and I think I will be shedding a tear by tonight,
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The Paris store Colette is successful because it's a filter for things that are made elsewhere. It's the kind of store France needs.
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The idea of seeing everybody clad the same is not really my cup of tea
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For me, elegance is not to pass unnoticed but to get to the very soul of what one is.
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In Italy, the Milanese are well organized but follow bourgeois taste. They adhere to certain codes of elegance, but not to individualism.
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There are days when I'm completely depressed and able to do only one drawing
fashion world needs
The world needs some excitement from fashion.
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People want to be in their own fashion tribes, so they want to wear the same clothes to be connected to everyone else in that tribe. But they want to be different from other tribes.
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I look for friends who make me laugh.