The history of fashion is like a long rail of hanging garments, fragile figures in a shadow play that tells the tale of the evolution of the clothes we wear. From his earliest childhood, Christian Lacroix has tamed these ghosts and now, to our great delight, he arranges the pleats and folds to form a personal history of fashion that is nevertheless an accurate one.

Foreword

Beatrice Salmon

Inside the Collections

Patrick Mauries

Christian Lacroix, in his own fashion

Olivier Saillard

The Collections

White

Colour

Stripes

Spots

Checks, Plaids &Tartans

Mixtures

Flowers

History

Ceremony

Arlesienne

Worn

Back to Front

Graphics

Lame

Sculpted Shells

Patchwork

Spanish Style

Texture

Cobwebs

Art of the Unusual

The Forgotten Couturier

Elsewhere

Black

Sketchbook