July 7, 2009

so so so so so sad :(

today was the last last haute couture show for Christian Lacroix, he had to file for bankruptcy

according to telegraph.co.uk:

“His staff worked for free, as did the embroiderers and beaders. He found bolts of silk, satin and lace in storage. The hair and make-up artists cut their fees and Lacroix dipped into his own pocket to pay them. The location, where he not so long ago starred in a retrospective, was given free of charge. The maison Roger Vivier provided the shoes. Even his local café provided the backstage “buffet” – crudités, fruit and mineral water – for nothing. Lacroix begged €15,000 from the administrators in order to pay the models. In the end, just 24 creations made it to the catwalk”