Spain's Sociedad Textil Lonia (STL) acquired the Christian Lacroix fashion house for an undisclosed sum
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Christian Lacroix
Christian Marie Marc Lacroix is a French fashion designer. The name also refers to the company he founded.
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business · French fashion designer (born 1951) · grand couturier · designer · postage stamp designer · costume designer · businessperson · fashion designer · interior designer · theatre designer · art historian · also Christian Lacroix, Christian Marie Marc Lacroix, Lacroix
Born 16 May 1951 · Q350844
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2022· 1 entry
Produced the costumes for the Marc-Antoine Charpentier's opéra David et Jonathas, performed at the Château de Versailles, France
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2013· 1 entry
Diego Della Valle hired Lacroix to create a collection for Schiaparelli, though it failed to materialize
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2011· 1 entry
Lacroix started collaborating with the Barcelona-based clothing brand Desigual
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2009· 1 entry
Falic Fashion Group put the business into administration and laid off all but 12 workers
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2007· 2 entries
Christian Lacroix designed a festive, limited-edition bottle for French mineral water brand Evian
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(a member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World); and in 2010 Le Notre Dame hotel just a step from the cathedral Notre-Dame-de-Paris, as well as Hotel l'Antoine near the Bastille area in Paris
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2005· 2 entries
The fashion house had cumulative losses of more than €44 million
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Lacroix created décor for the French TGV high-speed train
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2004· 2 entries
And pyjamas signed by him are handed out to passengers travelling on Air France First Class (L'Espace Premier)
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Lacroix launched a lingerie for women line, as well as a menswear line
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2002· 1 entry
The brand launched another perfume, Bazar, created by Bertrand Duchaufour, Jean-Claude Ellena and Emilie Copperman
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2001· 1 entry
Lacroix also launched a children's line
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2000· 1 entry
Finished a line of novelty accessories which included semi-precious jewelry
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1999· 1 entry
Lacroix launched the brand's first line of floral perfume
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1997· 1 entry
The Art de la Table line was launched by Lacroix in partnership with Christofle
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1995· 1 entry
Launched a towel line which contained a fashion and lifestyle side, which represent how the two intertwine ("two sides of the same coin")
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1989· 1 entry
Lacroix launched jewelry, handbags, shoes, glasses, scarves, and ties (along with ready-to-wear)
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1988· 1 entry
Drawing inspiration from diverse cultures
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1987· 1 entry
Lacroix opened his own eponymous haute couture house, backed by $8 million from Financière Agache
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1971· 2 entries
Studied at Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3 (1971).
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Studied at Paul-Valéry University (Montpellier, 1970-2024) (1969–1971).
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1969· 1 entry
And moved to Montpellier, to study art history at the University of Montpellier
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1951· 1 entry
Born 1951-05-16.
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