Christian Lacroix quotes

Christian Lacroix is a renowned French fashion designer celebrated for his opulent and theatrical creations. His work defined Parisian haute couture in the late 20th century and brought bold colors, luxurious fabrics, and historical references to the runway. He continues to influence the world of fashion and design through collaborations and diverse creative projects. Here are 28 of his quotes:

I look for friends who make me laugh.

Christian Lacroix

There are days when I'm completely depressed and able to do only one drawing.

Christian Lacroix

The idea of seeing everybody clad the same is not really my cup of tea.

Christian Lacroix

In Italy, the Milanese are well organized but follow bourgeois taste. They adhere to certain codes of elegance, but not to individualism.

Christian Lacroix

People want to be in their own fashion tribes, so they want to wear the same clothes to be connected to everyone else in that tribe. But they want to be different from other tribes.

Christian Lacroix

We all look for lost time.

Christian Lacroix

The exchange by e-mail is more intimate than conversation - you allow yourself to say things you otherwise wouldn't.

Christian Lacroix

I never loved the world around me as it was.

Christian Lacroix

I am always anxious to know what has happened while I've been asleep.

Christian Lacroix

Fashion needs to be worn.

Christian Lacroix

I'd experienced the '40s and '50s by looking at my grandparents' old clothes, books, and magazines.

Christian Lacroix

French design hardly exists, except as artificial modernism.

Christian Lacroix

But the Milanese have made bad choices, bad fashion, and bad jewelry.

Christian Lacroix

Going out in Paris was like going out in the '30s dressed like the Andrews Sisters. It was everything I'd seen in books at my grandparents' house, only it was our generation.

Christian Lacroix

If I was a fashion designer just following trends or designing for celebrities, I would not be fulfilled.

Christian Lacroix

I am still in love with couture because it is just two months from drawing pad to runway so everything on the catwalk is hot from the oven.

Christian Lacroix

Since I was a child I've loved going to the opera, theatre and ballet.

Christian Lacroix

I translated Beatles songs for my English class.

Christian Lacroix

The notion of time bothers me. You look at thirty-year-old photographs and realize how the time has passed.

Christian Lacroix

If you look back at the history of creativity in clothes - the French Revolution, the First World War and the Second World War - they have all been creative reinventions, the moment new forms of luxury come into play.

Christian Lacroix

Very skinny women don't look beautiful in clothes.

Christian Lacroix

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

Christian Lacroix