Christian Lacroix Quotations

I never loved the world around me as it was.

Italy is a divided country without a center.

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

Perhaps I shouldn't have been influenced by the idea that my name could be spread across the entire world.

I translated Beatles songs for my English class.

That was the idea behind glam clubs like Seven and The New Eve. You could eat and dance to live music. To enter you had to descend a grand staircase.

With the development of the Christian Lacroix house in Paris and my work notably for the theater, it wasn't serious doing things by half.

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.

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

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