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Christian Marie Marc Lacroix, born May 16, 1951 in Arles, France, is a French fashion designer known for his theatrical style and his le pouf gown. He started working at Patou in 1981 and opened his own house in 1987, putting out ready-to-wear from 1988.
Christian Marie Marc Lacroix (May 16, 1951 in Arles, France) is a French fashion designer. In 1981 he started working at Patou, until in 1987 he opened his own house. He is known for his theatrical style and his 'le pouf' gown.
In 1975, he opened his own haute couture house. He began putting out ready-to-wear in 1988 drawing inspiration from diverse cultures. Critics commented that he did not seem to understand the type of clothing the working woman needed. In 1989, Lacroix launched jewelry, handbags, shoes, glasses, scarves, and ties (along with ready-to-wear). In this same year, he opened boutiques within Paris, Arles, Aix-en-Provence, Toulouse, London, Geneva, and Japan.
His collections during 1994 were based on old culture and folklore, as well as fables and the past. In 1995, he launched a towel line which contained a fashion and lifestyle side, which represent how the two intertwine ("two sides of the same coin").
In 1996, he launched a jeans line. He included past traditions from all around the world, continuing the line with even more on ethnic arts.
In 1997, the Art de la Table line was launched by him in partnership with
Christofle. A licensing agreement was also reached in this year with
Pronuptian in which he could launch his Christian Lacroix Marriage line.
In 1999, he launched his first line of floral perfume, and in 2000 he
finished a line of novelty accessories which included semi-precious jewelry.
In 2001, Lacroix also launched a children's line and in 2002, he launched a perfume, Bazar, created by Bertrand Duchaufour, Jean-Claude Ellena and Emilie Copperman.
In 2004, Lacroix launched a lingerie for women line, as well as a menswear line.
For Winter 2007, he has partnered with Avon cosmetics to introduce a new fragrance exclusive to Avon called Christian Lacroix Rouge for women (plus body lotion and shower gel) and Christian Lacroix Noir for men (plus after shave lotion and shower gel). His Avon product line was expanded with the release of Christian Lacroix Absynthe in the Spring of 2009, Christian Lacroix Absynthe For Him in the autumn of 2009, Christian Lacroix Nuit in fall 2011 and Christian Lacroix Nuit For Him in winter 2011, Christian Lacroix Ambre for Her and Christian Lacroix Ambre for Him in winter 2014, Christian Lacroix Bijou for Her and Christian Lacroix Bijou for Him in fall 2015.
Christian Lacroix's costume designs for the opera, theatre, dance and music were displayed at the exhibition "Christian Lacroix Costumier" at the National Museum of Singapore from March to June 2009.
Learn more at the Christian Lacroix website.
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Christian Lacroix is defined by a manner and a garment: a theatrical style, and the le pouf gown. Born in Arles on May 16, 1951, he started working at Patou in 1981 and opened his own house in 1987, putting out ready-to-wear in 1988 drawing inspiration from diverse cultures. Critics commented that he did not seem to understand the type of clothing the working woman needed — a criticism the definition preserves, and one that follows logically from the theatrical position: a house built on spectacle, folklore and the past, as his 1994 collections were, based on old culture, folklore, fables and the past, addresses the dressed occasion rather than the working day. The le pouf — a full, gathered short skirt — is the garment form of that position, volume and display worn as a single statement.
The chronology after the house opened is a licensing expansion in near-annual steps. In 1989 Lacroix launched jewelry, handbags, shoes, glasses, scarves and ties alongside ready-to-wear, and opened boutiques in Paris, Arles, Aix-en-Provence, Toulouse, London, Geneva and Japan. A towel line followed in 1995, presented as the meeting of fashion and lifestyle, then a jeans line in 1996 drawing on traditions from around the world and ethnic arts. In 1997 came the Art de la Table line in partnership with Christofle and a licensing agreement with Pronuptian for a Christian Lacroix Marriage line. His first floral perfume launched in 1999, novelty accessories including semi-precious jewelry in 2000, a children's line in 2001, the perfume Bazar in 2002 — created by Bertrand Duchaufour, Jean-Claude Ellena and Emilie Copperman — and in 2004 a women's lingerie line and a menswear line.
The later record is carried by partnerships. For Winter 2007 Lacroix partnered with Avon Cosmetics on Christian Lacroix Rouge for women and Noir for men, and the Avon line expanded through Absynthe in 2009, Nuit in 2011, Ambre in 2014 and Bijou in 2015, each in versions for her and for him. Parallel to the commercial lines, his costume designs for opera, theatre, dance and music were exhibited as Christian Lacroix Costumier at the National Museum of Singapore from March to June 2009. The two strands suit each other: a designer whose house style is theatrical ends up designing for the actual theatre, while his name reaches its widest public through fragrance made with a direct-sales cosmetics company — spectacle at one end, distribution at the other.
Lacroix is known for his theatrical style and his le pouf gown. He began putting out ready-to-wear in 1988, drawing inspiration from diverse cultures.
Lacroix started working at Patou in 1981 and opened his own house in 1987. In 1989 he launched jewelry, handbags, shoes, glasses, scarves and ties, and opened boutiques in Paris, Arles, Aix-en-Provence, Toulouse, London, Geneva and Japan.
Lacroix launched a towel line in 1995, a jeans line in 1996, the Art de la Table line with Christofle in 1997, his first floral perfume in 1999, a children's line in 2001, the perfume Bazar in 2002, and lingerie and menswear lines in 2004.