Perhaps I shouldn’t have been influenced by the idea that my name could be spread across the entire world. – Christian Lacroix
People want to be in their own fashion tribes, so they want to wear the same clothes to be connected to everyone else in that tribe. But they want to be different from other tribes. – Christian Lacroix
I’d experienced the ’40s and ’50s by looking at my grandparents’ old clothes, books, and magazines. – Christian Lacroix
If you look back at the history of creativity in clothes – the French Revolution, the First World War and the Second World War – they have all been creative reinventions, the moment new forms of luxury come into play. – Christian Lacroix
In Italy, the Milanese are well organized but follow bourgeois taste. They adhere to certain codes of elegance, but not to individualism. – Christian Lacroix
For me, I am still very happy to be able to do stage design as it’s an opportunity to express the extreme. – Christian Lacroix
Going out in Paris was like going out in the ’30s dressed like the Andrews Sisters. It was everything I’d seen in books at my grandparents’ house, only it was our generation. – Christian Lacroix
If I was a fashion designer just following trends or designing for celebrities, I would not be fulfilled. – Christian Lacroix
The notion of time bothers me. You look at thirty-year-old photographs and realize how the time has passed. – Christian Lacroix
I am still in love with couture because it is just two months from drawing pad to runway so everything on the catwalk is hot from the oven. – Christian Lacroix
They say that the best furniture and clothing design from the ’50s and ’60s is Scandinavian or Milanese. – Christian Lacroix
