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:)