Christian Lacroix - Designer

[blueorchid]

US Vogue September 1990
"The Kings of Color: Lacroix"
Photographers: Irving Penn, Patrick Demarchelier
Editor: Jenny Capitain
Subject: Christian Lacroix
Model: Sylvie Guillem
Hair: John Sahag
Makeup: Kevyn Aucoin


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[blueorchid]

US Vogue December 2002
"Magician of Mix" by Hamish Bowles
Photographers: François Halard, Craig McDean
Editor: Grace Coddington
Subject: Christian Lacroix
Model: Maggie Rizer
Hair: Luigi Murenu
Makeup: Diane Kendal


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[blueorchid]

US Vogue April 2008
"Spirited Away"
Spirited Away
Photographers: Irving Penn
Editor: Phyllis Posnick
Model: Caroline Trentini
Hair: Julien d'Ys
Makeup: Gucci Westman


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[lookatme]

His work in the 80’s was obviously his claim to fame - but it’s his work in the 2000’s that truly shines. He really hit a creative stride at that point…his work became so light and so magical. Those 2000’s Couture collections will always inspire. The work of a true master.

 

[kasper!]

He should have selling fabric....Liberty in Paris

 

[DK92]

We are ready for a HUGE COMEBACK!

 

[nationalsalt]

Christian Lacroix Is Acquired by Sociedad Texil Lonia

The couturier Christian Lacroix, who now designs costumes for ballet and opera productions, will not be formally involved with the brand in an official capacity.

www.businessoffashion.com

It's a shame Lacroix himself won't be involved, but perhaps the house would be an ideal fit for a recently-resigned maximalist couturier? 👀

 

[susseinmcswanny]

Can we like please move on

 

[Gaultier_Bandit]

Daniel R, or even Galliano at Lacroix would be awesome!

 

[blueorchid]

Ralph Rucci?

 

[avonlea002]

No, just no. Why can't they leave these dead houses alone? Why not support new, independent designers? I am so tired of this industry

 

[MulletProof]

^ yeah, they'll basically jumpstart this, employ him for a bit for the sake of credibility until he either dies or is asked to quietly retire or go back to performing arts, then the house will be officially in the same dumb game of employing some fashion bro whose main talent is, excuse my language, s*cking corporate ***k and producing numbers. These suits are just so lazy, cynical and incapable of understanding the foundation of a label, they just want to restore hits from the past, sit back and cash in.

Just let the man create stuff for Air France and the ballet. Those gigs have way more prestige for a legend like him than anything in fashion right now.

 

[nationalsalt]

^ yeah, they'll basically jumpstart this, employ him for a bit for the sake of credibility until he either dies or is asked to quietly retire or go back to performing arts, then the house will be officially in the same dumb game of employing some fashion bro whose main talent is, excuse my language, s*cking corporate ***k and producing numbers. These suits are just so lazy, cynical and incapable of understanding the foundation of a label, they just want to restore hits from the past, sit back and cash in.

Just let the man create stuff for Air France and the ballet. Those gigs have way more prestige for a legend like him than anything in fashion right now.

To be fair, given the house's lack of commercial success over the decades (I'm pretty sure they never turned a profit), I think they'll have to put quite a lot of effort in to make it succeed - not so much "sit back and cash in".

And Christian Lacroix himself has stated that he will not be involved in the new company.

 

[MulletProof]

^ oh what? why are they bringing it back then?! smfh...

 

[nationalsalt]

^ oh what? why are they bringing it back then?! smfh...

Maybe they fancy themselves as the next Schiaparelli...? 🤷‍♂️

 

[Lola701]

How ironic I was looking at some couches and it was under the Christian Lacroix license.

What is the point of buying the brand.
I think Lacroix is even more difficult to do than Ungaro for example.

And Lacroix sold all his archives right when he closed the house in 2009.

The RTW was never successful.
Unless they do a Balmain, I don’t see the point.

 

[GoldenPetals]

A new LaCroix wouldn't have to look anything like the work of Christian himsel. New buyers won't care because none of them will know or care to know what the house used to be capable of. Its new owners just need the name. It's their golden ticket to PFW, magazine editorials and new clients. That's what buyers care about. Clout.

We've seen this before. The back catalog is irrelevant. Any new collections they make that remotely resemble Christian's work will just be a distant bastardized version of it, that appropriates his 'signature' elements and discard the rest.

 

[brandon J pierre]

A new LaCroix wouldn't have to look anything like the work of Christian himsel. New buyers won't care because none of them will know or care to know what the house used to be capable of. Its new owners just need the name. It's their golden ticket to PFW, magazine editorials and new clients. That's what buyers care about. Clout.

We've seen this before. The back catalog is irrelevant. Any new collections they make that remotely resemble Christian's work will just be a distant bastardized version of it, that appropriates his 'signature' elements and discard the rest.

That's horrible like trying to bring Picasso back to life or Rembrandt.

 

[tourbillions]

Im not mad at this... theres enough things in his body of work that can be modernized. It really all depends on who they pick as CD and how he/she will plan out the modern lacroix woman.

If galliano's "costumes" can go viral in 2024, im sure lacroix can too. Cant think of who can do frou modern at the moment... im sure theres someone, out there.

Michele should have been hired for lacroix, i think thet would work

 

[Monsieur Cristobal]

No, just no. Why can't they leave these dead houses alone? Why not support new, independent designers? I am so tired of this industry

It feels like the time of ressurrecting historied houses is a little passé.
Even such beautiful, beautiful names like Vionnet were not very successful.

I want to subscribe your words avonlea002 because you are so right.
And if have to make self-criticism, I dedicated last year more attention to unimportant things (who was heading to Chanel, how boring Maria Grazia can be) than to discover new designers.

And I want to change that for 2025!