I just wanted to say a quick word about the difficulties at Christian Lacroix. It’s a really sad aspect of the financial issues going on in the world that a fashion house of this quality should be struggling. One feels that beautiful fabrics and a fantastical vision should be immune to these things. Certainly for Lacroix his talents lie in his couture; his ready-to-wear collections have never sold well. It’s one of the shows I look forward to seeing most, actually to go to the show would be dream come true.
What you have to remember about Lacroix is that he is creating a fantasy of what dresses can be, practicality is not welcome here. It is important when looking at his designs that you don’t place the usual requirements of everyday life on them. Each dress is a work of art. Lacroix has a unique skill in mixing patterns, draping and manipulating beautiful fabrics. His work is full of colour and texture. ‘He was a man at the centre of a fairy tale world and it seems there will be no happy ending’ (The Times). I hope this is not true because the fashion world needs visionaries like Mr Lacroix.
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