Christian Marie Marc Lacroix (born May 16, 1951 in Arles; French pronunciation: [kʁistjɑ̃ lakʁwa]) is a high-end French fashion designer.
Christian Lacroix was born in Arles, in southern France. At a young age he began sketching historical costumes and fashions. Lacroix graduated from high school in 1969 and moved to Montpellier, to study Art History at the University of Montpellier. In 1971, he enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris. While working on...
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Christian Marie Marc Lacroix (born May 16, 1951 in Arles; French pronunciation: [kʁistjɑ̃ lakʁwa]) is a high-end French fashion designer.
Christian Lacroix was born in Arles, in southern France. At a young age he began sketching historical costumes and fashions. Lacroix graduated from high school in 1969 and moved to Montpellier, to study Art History at the University of Montpellier. In 1971, he enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris. While working on a dissertation on dress in French 18th-century painting, Lacroix also pursued a program in museum studies at the École du Louvre. His aspiration during this time was to become a museum curator. It was during this time he met his future wife Françoise Rosenthiel, whom he married in 1974.
Around the same time, he met Jean-Jacques Picart. Picart was press attache for several haute couture houses and provided aid in gaining Christian Lacroix a job working at Hermès in 1978, where he worked on color schemes and the execution of designs, and then...
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