There's Still Hope for Christian Lacroix
As you may have heard, Christian Lacroix filed for protection from his creditors last week. When I read that I closed the page and floated to the ceiling where my 'happy place' is. What would haute couture week be without 'le pouf', his sumptuous fabrics and dramatic shows? Who will give me my details overload fix of velvet ribbons, exquisite embroidery, stripes and prints and regal gold in combinations that scramble the brain and blur the eyes at first glance?
We needn't despair just yet, WWD is keeping things calm with a report that claims Lacroix "had told his collaborators that he will give '200 percent' to keep the 22 year-old couture house intact" and that he wrote in a letter to the firm's 125 employees that the goal is to "preserve the know-how, without which the lungs and the heart of the house couldn't exist."
Hmm...that quote tugs at the heart strings but it also made me think of haggis. Anything is better than contemplating the outcome of this depressing event.
I really hope they pull through! x
Posted by: Frankie - Swell Vintage | June 01, 2009 at 10:13 PM
I am cracking up over your haggis analogy! But seriously, I agree, and hope they can survive. It would be a great loss to the industry.
Posted by: Prep School 101 | June 02, 2009 at 05:43 PM
Frankie - thank you for the well wishes at this time of hardship. Sniff.
Prep - Ever since I found out what haggis is - and ate it - I can't help but think of it whenever I hear 'heart and lungs.' But I must say I liked it! It's just probably not what I was meant to think of when I read that quote!
Posted by: Denise @ Swelle | June 02, 2009 at 07:31 PM
i am sure someone will come in and save the day! Christian Lacroix has such a following!
xox
Posted by: alison | June 02, 2009 at 07:32 PM
Hah! Your haggis comment is priceless! I truly hope that the fashion world doesn't lose Lacroix.
Posted by: najeema | June 03, 2009 at 04:32 AM