Christian Lacroix on Fashion
With texts by Christian Lacroix
Patrick Mauriès
Olivier Saillard
Photographs by Grégoire Alexandre
Foreword by Béatrice Salmon
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Fashion is a fascinating story that never ends, and Christian Lacroix is the most seductive of storytellers.
Lacroix is one of the most inventive and admired fashion designers in the world. He is also incredibly well-versed in fashion history, and he brings that expertise to bear in this delightful imaginary museum of historic and contemporary fashion.
‘I chose those that were most inspiring, those that best told the story of fashion that I would have wanted to tell if I were the museum curator that I intended to be when I was a student.’ – Christian Lacroix
Each featured piece – whether from costume collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs or the House of Lacroix – is distinguished by its cut, its detail, its colour and its texture,
and the pieces are juxtaposed and photographed in a way that emphasizes their relationships across the centuries.
Christian Lacroix is one of the most fêted fashion designers of our time. Patrick Mauriès is the author of numerous books, including Cabinets of Curiosities. Olivier Saillard is a fashion historian and curator at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Grégoire Alexandre, a graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure de Photographie in Arles, is one of France’s most acclaimed fashion photographers.
Also of interest:
Balenciaga Paris
Chanel: Collections and Creations
So Far So Goude with Patrick Mauriès |
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