Biography of Christian Lacroix begins in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône in the south of France. From an early age, he sketched out historical and fashionable costumes. After completing his secondary education, he moved to Montpellier, where he studied art history at the University of Montpellier. In 1971 he entered the Sorbonne University in Paris, where he worked on a thesis on the theme of dresses depicted in French painting of the 18th century. About the biography of Christian Lacroix, you can say a lot, but due to the fact that it is closely related to his design experience, we immediately move to his life in the podium and shows.
Christian Lacroix - 20 years on the podium
In 1987, Christian opened his own fashion house. A year later he flaunted ready-made costumes that incorporated styles of different cultures. In 1989, Lacroix began to develop designs for jewelry, handbags, shoes, glasses, scarves and ties. In the same year he opened boutiques in Paris, Aix-en-Provence, Toulouse, London, Geneva and Japan.
Thanks to his knowledge of historical costumes and clothing, designer Christian Lacroix soon gained popularity. Many magazines have noted the uniqueness of his style, admiring luxurious fantasy costumes, short puffy skirts (le pouf), prints with roses and low necklines.Lacroix inspired his inspiration from the history of fashion (corsets and crinoline), folklore and culture of various countries, combining it all in one style.In clothes Christian Lacroix prefers to use warm, saturated colors of the Mediterranean region and bright colors of fabrics, many of which are created by hand in well-known workshops .The designer, also, loves experimenting s with a combination of materials.
History of styles
His first collections were based on old culture and folklore. At the beginning of his career, Lacroix even created a line of towels, which was on display under the motto "two sides of the same coin", which, he said, embodied the principle of life.
Subsequently, he launched a collection of jeans. For them, he used not only the styles of different cultures of the world, but also placed emphasis on ethnic art. During the same period, he worked with Christophele on the collection "Art de la Table".
Having contracted with Pronuptian, Christian wedding dresses Christian Lacroix became popular. Particular success and enthusiasm from critics received a wedding dress, which he created specifically for Christina Aguilera.
In 2000, he completed his own line of jewelry, for which he used semi-precious stones.
Lacroix continued to expand the scope of his talent designer and released a collection of women's and men's underwear. He also became the designer of the new uniform of the staff and the crew of "Air France", and pajamas with his paintings are given out to passengers traveling first class of this airline.
It is worth noting that he is known for his theatrical style, which came from his working experience in the theater. This style is usually manifested in the color gamut of the materials used and the splendor of many dresses. Thanks to this, Lacroix was offered to work on costumes for theaters, opera, dance and music shows.
Christian Lacroix is also known to many as an interior designer of many top class hotels around the world.
Perfume by Christian Lacroix
In 1999, he published his first collection of floral perfumes. Three years later they were followed by the perfume "Bazar". A special success was the collection of women's perfumes "Christian Lacroix Rouge", which was created by Lacroix exclusively for the company Avon. On this partnership with the company did not end, and Lacroix has developed many more flavors, among which are "Christian Lacroix Noir", "Christian Lacroix Absinthe For Him", "Christian Lacroix Nuit For Him" for men and women's perfume collections "Absynthe" and "Nuit ". Based on fragrances of perfumes by Christian Lacroix, a series of lotions for the body, shower gels and after shave lotions was produced within the Avon product range.
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