Friday, April 16, 2010

Reading: Christian Lacroix on Fashion

I am reading the above book as a starting point for research for our Lacroix Sweetie exhibition. The book was produced to accompany an exhibition at the Les Arts Decoratifs Musee de la mode De Textiles Paris, 2007-2008. The book is a visual feast and I am dissapointed that I was unable to see the exhibition in person. Lacroix use the historic collection and juctopositioed his work with the historical to produce a narative on fashion.


I also own this book and have not looked at it for a long time. I am revisiting each on to re connect with Lacroixs' assetic.

This is a great little book and was the first of the set of fashion books I bought in the late 1990's.
This book is missing from my collection and I know I own it but have lent it in the past and it has not come back"home". So looks like it's hello amazon!

I am enjoying the reading and research, I am using this as my visual diary. It is such a visual feast.
A list words Mr Lacroix uses to discribe textiles, fashion, art in general.
draperies
grandiose
mixtures
flowers
colours
pattern
texture
cobwebs
strong
delicate
full
My Words to discribe Lacroix
colour
texture
liquid
mad
exuburant
Bright
lussious
delicate.
structured
contrasting
heart
floral
multipule
sophistication
unusual
art
contemporary
historical
The list is never ending.
How am I going to use these words? I wonder how Mel will interperate these books.
Bella:)

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