Quotes by Christian Lacroix

“For me, elegance is not to pass unnoticed but to get to the very soul of what one is.”

“Ive known for a long time, but I have only really taken it in this morning - and I think I will be shedding a tear by tonight,”

“Pucci is a continuing story, she said. ”

“With the development of the Christian Lacroix house in Paris and my work notably for the theater, it wasnt serious doing things by half,”

“My fear was that people expected radical change because of the new contract. But no.”

“Ready-to-wear -- that means ready to wear,”

“Ready-to-wear -- that means ready to wear. Some people are doing couture during ready-to-wear (fashion week), others are putting up performances, we just come here with our little flowers.”

“I wanted to go back to the beginning and to the codes of the house.”

They say that the best furniture and clothing design from the 50s and 60s is Scandinavian or Milanese.

French design hardly exists, except as artificial modernism.

For me, I am still very happy to be able to do stage design as its an opportunity to express the extreme.