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Christian Lacroix: The Diary of a Collection
Christian Lacroix: The Diary of a Collection is a behind-the-scenes look at one of the world's most influential fashion designers, Christian Lacroix, as he creates a new couture collection. Here we see for the first time, and at first hand, the entire creative process through which a fashion show is made - from Lacroix's sources of inspiration to the finished creations that make their way down the Paris runways. The genesis for this book came about when American Vogue approached Lacroix and asked him to prepare a scrapbook of his working methods for an upcoming couture collection in Paris. What started out as a magazine assignment quickly developed into a creative, personal journey for Lacroix as he began filling up scrapbook after scrapbook with Polaroids, handwritten notes, hand-drawn sketches, historical fashion references, and visual references cut out from magazines. A large selection from these scrapbook albums has now been collected in 128 pages of full-color plates with detailed commentary by Patrick Mauries.
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Fashion Fairy Tale
CHRISTIAN LACROIX'S biography was never going to be captured in a simple, step-by-step story, so author Camilla Morton has woven it in to a fairy tale: Christian Lacroix and the Tale of Sleeping Beauty, illustrated by Lacroix himself. SEE LACROIX'S ILLUSTRATIONS HERE "The book is a tale of two icons," Morton told us. "Both well loved, both inspiring, and both living in magical kingdoms. I came up with the idea as I didn't think a dry biography seemed an interesting prospect, nor could it hope to capture the mystique that surrounds the creative souls that punctuate the industry with their imagination. I thought the best way to tell their tales would be as a very special 'Once Upon a Time'." Lacroix's is the first in a series of designer biographies-cum-fairy- tales, written by Morton and illustrated by the designer - with Manolo Blahnik and Diane von Furstenberg to follow. "Its magical," Morton said of her relationship with Lacroix. "He is a gentleman, and such a kind, inspiring friend, I feel honoured I was able to do this with him." Read more about the book in the March issue of Vogue, out now. YOU SHOULD SEE: Inside Morton and Lacroix's new book...
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Christian Lacroix
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