Christian Lacroix fashion house
French fashion house Christian Lacroix is the next victim of the crisis. June 2, the company introduced an external control, informs AFP. In late May, the company, employing 125 people, declared bankruptcy and appealed to the Court to grant it protection from creditors.
The founder of the company, designer Christian Lacroix, last week sent a letter to the staff, in which he said that he was not sure “whether tomorrow will come to us.” At the same time, he assured the staff that he will do his utmost for the company to continue working in the field of high fashion. Lacroix said in the letter that he had recently worked for the company for free, and that the fashion house owed him 1.2 million euros. Couturier also noted that the management, which was realized by the shareholders, had been “disastrous.”
Christian Lacroix fashion house is considered one of the most famous and expensive French brands, but the actual owner of the brand is company Falic Group, located in the U.S. state of Florida.
Christian Lacroix fashion house was founded in 1987. The brand Christian Lacroix was bought in 2005 by the U.S. company Falic Group. Christian Lacroix is one of the most prominent and influential figures in the fashion world. With the ability to combine not combinable shades and receive incredible results, the French couturier received the nickname «the wizard with the magic brush». Christian Lacroix was born May 16, 1951 in a small provincial town of Arles in southern France. His parents, who were engineers gave all their soul to their son, and his father and grandmother awakened love for fashion in him since childhood – they were among most fashionable people in their town.
In 1970 – 1972 Lacroix studied art at the University Paul Valery University in Montpellier, and after moving to Paris continued his education at the Sorbonne. Find became the real passion agt that time and even today he easily remembers all the popular movies of those years and uses them in costumes. In 1972 he was enrolled at the Faculty of History of Art Sorbonne, after which he designed shoes and accessories for the fashion house Hermes, and also worked as an assistant at Guy Paulin. In 1974, Christian Lacroix married Francoise Rosenthiel.
The path to career heights Lacroix began modestly – as a working journalist and fashion-assistant in the fashion house Hermes. In 1981 he moved to the House of Jean Patou as a promising designer. In the early 80′s the name of a once glorious Fashion Houses Patou remembered only the most dedicated connoisseurs of fashion, and Lacroix in a short time was able to fully revive the company and tripling sales volume.
In 1987 Lacroix left Patou, to establish his own fashion house. The first collection of the great artist was created with financial support Agache Co. Ltd. House of Fashion Lacroix was the first salon haute couture, which was opened in Paris in the last twenty years.
