Christian Lacroix

2009 saw major changes - some rather shocking - in the most renowned fashion houses. The one that stung most was the demise of Christian Lacroix. The economic downturn spawned the downfall of one of fashion's most grand couture houses. Lacroix was forced to shut down, only to be reduced to a licensing operation. Check out the heartfelt love fashion fans gave him at the closing of his final...  

Although Christian Lacroix will cut his haute couture and ready-to-wear lines, the troubled designer has been working...on the railroads. He's created new uniforms for French railway operator SNCF, WWD reports. About 20,000 employees will don his gray and purple designs beginning next month. In the past, Lacroix has designed uniforms for the Tezo and TGV lines, and for Air France. Get HuffPost Style on Twitter and Facebook...  

Those following the Christian Lacroix saga know that the couture house has been in financial trouble - and now it has been reduced to a licensing operation. Sad, but that's not going to stop Mr. Lacroix from creating. In fact, he is now responsible for French railway SNCF's uniforms; 20,000 employees are soon going to sport his gray and purple getups, which include skirts, blouses, and jackets for women. They're far from Lacroix couture, but...  

His label may be bankrupt without any sign of a credible buyer, but Christian Lacroix is keeping busy with some freelance work: designing uniforms for service personnel. He previously designed uniforms and train interiors for Tézo and TGV lines as well as uniforms for Air France employees. His latest uniforms are for 20,000 employees of French railway operator SNCF. It might not be as glam as couture, but at least he gets to dress gobs of...  

A Paris court may have decided his future a few weeks ago, but that hasn’t stopped Christian Lacroix from doing what he does best: designing. And in this case, the pieces in hand happen to be uniforms. Dressing some 20,000 French railway operators working for SNFC, the couture designer has thrown some threads together ready [...]  

French law courts have decided that the Christian Lacroix fashion house will close its haute couture business, while its fragrances and accessories will be licensed out.  

Christian Lacroix Yesterday was a dark day in the fashion industry. After months of struggling to find a new buyer, bankrupt fashion house Christian Lacroix had to admit defeat. A French court has approved the restructuring plan submitted by the...  

Neither the Emirate sheikh nor a French firm who have both expressed interest in acquiring the prestigious fashion house submitted financial guarantees to back their proposals by a deadline which expired last Thursday, Vaillot told AFP. More on Fashion  

As anyone might have predicted, France is distraught over the court ruling in Christian Lacroix's bankruptcy. Industry Minister Christian Estrosi published a statement on his website this week, in which he said he suspects the economic downturn in Dubai is likely what kept Ajman sheikh Hassan Bin Ali al-Nuaimi from submitting his financial guarantees on time. He is tapping the network of French diplomats in the UAE to "alert the sheikh of...  

Paris's Christian Lacroix Sells Apartment After Price CutWall Street Journal... in the 1960s-era Sierra Towers in West Hollywood. William Bell of Prudential California Realty has the listing, previously managed by Coldwell Banker.and more »  

Telegraph.co.ukUPDATE 2-Court backs Christian Lacroix restructuringReutersPARIS, Dec 1 (Reuters) - A turnaround plan for fashion house Christian Lacroix that could see a licensee take on its haute couture and ...French Government Still Searching for Lacroix BuyerFashion Wire Daily (subscription)Almost all to be laid off at Christian LacroixSan Jose Mercury NewsChristian Lacroix CollapsesFinancier Worldwideguardian.co.uk -Catwalk Queen -Elle...  

Nearly all the employees at bankrupt French fashion house Christian Lacroix are likely to be laid off after a Paris commercial court ruling cleared the way for a massive restructuring.  

Sadly Christian Lacroix has been hit with yet another blow after failing to find a buyer...  

There's a large envoy of exquisitely dressed French nationals in town this week, so perhaps it would be best if brothers Leon and Simon Falic lie low. The brothers will retain control of French ...  

A French court on Tuesday approved a drastic plan for the struggling fashion house Christian Lacroix to cut nearly all its staff and shut down its main clothes designing activities.  

A French court approved plans to close Christian Lacroix's haut couture and ready-to-wear clothing lines after potential buyers backed out. Lacroix will maintain just a skeleton staff of 11 to run the perfume and accessories lines.  

The outlook for beleaguered French couture house Christian Lacroix looked bleak at the weekend after potential buyers let a deadline pass to deposit cheques ahead of Tuesday's bankruptcy court hearing.The fate of the house's employees was grimmer still, with only 11 out of more than 100 workers likely to keep their jobs in a best-case scenario.But the judicial administrator Regis Vaillot said: "It is not all over yet, anything could happen...  

Lacroix with his last couture wedding gown. This week, a French court approved a restructuring plan for bankrupt label Christian Lacroix that will reduce the house to a licensing operation. Only about a dozen of the roughly 100 employees will keep their jobs. The label's problems culminated with the parties that expressed interest in buying the label but failed to produce financial guarantees in time to rescue it. But where did they begin...  

Christian Lacroix, the French fashion designer, will be forced to abandon haute couture under a restructuring plan approved today by the Paris Commercial Court.  

Avon has launched Christian Lacroix Absynthe for him, a follow-up to the Avon + Christian Lacroix Absynthe for Her fragrance that was introduced earlier this year. Absynthe, a mysteriously mesmerizing 19th century potion known as the green fairy...  

PARIS (AP) — Nearly all the employees at bankrupt French fashion house Christian Lacroix are likely to be laid off after a Paris commercial court ruling on Tuesday cleared the way for a massive restructuring.  

Looks from the final Christian Lacroix couture show this summer The past few weeks, spirits have been high at struggling French fashion house, Christian Lacroix. The bankrupt label has been desperately searching for a new buyer since its last Paris...  

Boutique Middle East property developer, Abyaar and designer Christian Lacroix today announced a joint venture, which will establish a residential tower in one of Dubai's most exclusive beachside suburbs. The 38-unit, coastal Jumeirah-based tower ...  

The outlook for beleaguered French couture house Christian Lacroix looked bleak at the weekend after potential buyers let a deadline pass to deposit cheques ahead of Tuesday's bankruptcy court hearing.The fate of the house's employees was grimmer still, with only 11 out of more than 100 workers likely to keep their jobs in a best-case scenario.But the judicial administrator Regis Vaillot said: "It is not all over yet, anything could happen...  

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We hope you enjoyed the last couture collection. Things are not looking good for Christian Lacroix. The Ajman sheikh who was close to closing a deal to buy the beleaguered label for 100 million euros failed to submit financial guarantees to the Paris court charged with determining the fate of the house. The papers were due last Thursday, but neither Hassan Bin Ali al-Naimi nor the Borletti Group — the front-runners so far in the bidding...  

Back in April, we told you that Christian Lacroix was looking for a buyer to help salvage his long-suffering line. Then, very quickly after, but without much surprise, the month of May brought the news that the company was filing for bankruptcy. Although at the time, Lacroix CEO Nicolas Topiol had said, "The company expects to emerge quickly from those proceedings and to continue developing the brand," it appears that was just wishful...  

We've been following the fortunes of Christian Lacroix as the brand struggled to find a buyer. For a time it looked like there were a variety of suitors ready to snap up the brand but as Fashion Wire Daily reports a French court has now advised that the couture house should undergo a massive restructuring and lay off about 100 employees, essentially turning Lacroix into a licensing business rather than a functioning fashion house. The ruling...  

“This event features scarves. A woman's sense of style is evident in her accessories, so they ought to be remarkable. How better to accessorize, then, than with the theatrical stylings of one Christian Lacroix ? Growing up in Arles, France, Lacroix ...  

The outlook for lavish French couture house Christian Lacroix looked increasingly bleak Tuesday as a French tribunal adjourned bankruptcy hearings with no fresh news of a buyer."To this day, bidders to take over the firm have not justified the means of financing their company plans, or at least not sufficiently," said judicial administrator Regis Valliot after a three-hour hearing at the Paris tribunal.  

PARIS - The outlook for lavish French couture house Christian Lacroix looked increasingly bleak Tuesday as a French tribunal adjourned bankruptcy hearings with no fresh news of a buyer. "To this day, bidders to take over the firm have not justified ...  

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French designer Christian Lacroix, who filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, is in talks with Sheikh Hassan bin Ali al-Nuaimi - the nephew of United Arab Emirates ruler Ajman - about investing $70 million in the company.  

The haute couturier may have been recently saved from bankruptcy, but you never really know if a sale on his impeccably-designed goods will come around again (this being billed as the first), so get to this...  

After filing for bankruptcy in May, it’s been a fraught few months for Christian Lacroix. We’ve had the highs of potential backers, and the lows when they pull out again, but now the saga has finally ended as it is announced today that the French fashion house has failed to find a buyer. A French [...]  

French designer Christian Lacroix is in talks with Sheikh Hassan bin Ali al-Nuaimi - the nephew of United Arab Emirates ruler Ajman - about transforming the fashion label into a luxury lifestyle brand. Christian Lacroix is set to design private jets ...  

PARIS (AFP) - A French tribunal on Tuesday adjourned hearings on a bid by an Emirati sheikh to take over Christian Lacroix, four months after the couture house filed for bankruptcy, participants said.  

After the razzle-dazzle of the 1990s, when Christian Lacroix was the darling of the world's fashion editors, Tuesday's bankruptcy proceedings were a downbeat end to a glittering adventure.Only a handful of employees out of over 100 have been kept on to manage the fashion house's licensing deals to pay off creditors in the waning hopes that a white knight would arrive to the rescue.  

Christian Lacroix’s future no longer looks so bright. The couturier, who was ostensibly saved from bankruptcy earlier this year, has seen his brand reduced to a licensing operation. Click here for a look back at some iconic Lacroix moments—long live le pouf! [Guardian U.K.] Olivier Theyskens left a big ol’ hole in our hearts when he left [...]  

• Crisis-hit label reduced to accessories and perfume• Job losses mark end of a fashion era, says industry Christian Lacroix, the celebrated French designer whose fantastical creations and luxurious image captured the decadence of its age, was told today that the fashion house he founded over two decades ago is to cease making haute couture .In a ruling which brought to an end months of uncertainty and years of sartorial stardom, Paris's...  

Ajman sheikh Hassan Bin Ali al-Nuaimi expected to finalize his takeover of Christian Lacroix by the end of this month. However, the French tribunal in charge of overseeing the sale has decided to put off their hearings on the matter until November 17, citing procedural delays. Nuaimi's $100 million offer, which promises to keep jobs and pay off bills and that sort of thing, is said to be favored by administrators. However, officials want to...  

Even though Christian Lacroix’s fashion house will be transformed to a licensing operation, Lacroix’s  former projects live on. Next month, his uniforms, designed for French railroad workers at SNCF, (at left) will debut…and we’re kind of jealous. Looking for your own personal uniform? Our guide to skinny jeans and cardigans has you covered. [WWD] Lindsey Lohan [...] More Like This:News: Cats Are Models, Lacroix Won’t Close, And MoreNews: No...  

A French court on Tuesday approved a drastic plan for the struggling fashion house Christian Lacroix to cut nearly all its staff and shut down its main clothes designing activities.The Paris bankruptcy court approved the plan, which will end production of the classic label's haute couture and ready-to-wear lines after potential buyers passed up a deadline to take over the company.The plan will see 100 staff cut with just 11 remaining to manage...  

Christian Lacroix is set to design private jets.The French designer, who filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, is in talks with Sheikh Hassan bin Ali al-Nuaimi - the nephew of United Arab Emirates ruler Ajman - about investing $70 million in the company.al-Nuaimi wants to become the majority stakeholder and despite the current global economic dow...  

Just a few weeks ago, Christian Lacroix was on the verge of extinction. Now, with a $70m deal with Hassan bin Ali al-Nuaimi, nephew of the ruler of Ajman, in the pipeline, it seems that his empire has not only been saved - but it that it will come back bigger and better than ever before.When the news about the Nuaimi deal initially broke, it was confirmed that the sheik...  

The tribulations of the celebrated French fashion house Christian Lacroix at a bankruptcy hearing this week show more than ever that haute couture cannot pay its way on its own.Although Lacroix was adulated by fashion editors and celebrity A-list customers for his extravagant, fairytale clothes, couture is a notoriously loss-making activity. Anyone who indulges in it needs to have the solid backing of ready-to-wear lines and more importantly...  

The tribulations of the celebrated French fashion house Christian Lacroix at a bankruptcy hearing this week suggest more than ever that haute couture cannot pay its way on its own.  

Christian Lacroix The news broke today that the sale of the Christian Lacroix label to Ajman sheikh Hassan Bin Ali al-Nuaimi has been delayed. Reports came out as late as last week saying that Nuaimi wanted to finalize the plans...  

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Pernod Ricard has teamed up with designer Christian Lacroix to launch a limited edition Chivas Regal 12 Year Old Magnum.  

The news from Paris that Christian Lacroix will close its haute couture and ready-to-wear business and become, at least for the time being, a licensing operation, was not surprising.  

PARIS, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- A French court ordered fashion house Christian Lacroix to liquidate its custom dressmaking business in a plan that pares the company down to 11 employees.  

Middle East property developer Abyaar and designer Christian Lacroix on Monday announced a joint venture to build and design a residential tower in one of Dubai's most exclusive beachside suburbs. The 38-unit, coastal Jumeirah-based tower will ...  

A SHIEKH from the United Arab Emirates is likely to take over Christian Lacroix, the loss-making French fashion house, tomorrow when his 100 million euros ($163m) rescue deal goes before the Paris Commercial Court. For sale: Models take to the ...  

A Paris court on Tuesday approved a turnaround plan for Christian Lacroix that could see the end of the fashion house’s haute couture and pret-a-porter clothing operations.  

Christian Lacroix. The Ajman sheikh who was thisclose to finalizing his buyout of Christian Lacroix failed to submit financing guarantees ahead of a big hearing in Paris this week. Lacroix and his CEO say they are confident in the sheikh, but his lawyers didn't return calls from WWD Tuesday. This could be very bad, because Italy's Borletti Group withdrew its bid in September. If the sheikh's bid doesn't go through, Lacroix stands to be...  

Christian Lacroix.Hassan bin Ali al-Nuaimi, nephew of the ruler of Ajman, is thisclose to acquiring Christian Lacroix. His $70 million check is ready, Lacroix is on his side, and official administrators seem confident in al-Nuaimi and his great wealth. If his bid goes through, al-Nuaimi says he plans to turn the label into a full-fledged lifestyle brand — for the richest people in the world. While much of the fashion industry tries to make a...  

AFP - A French court on Tuesday approved drastic cutbacks for the fashion house Christian Lacroix, which will lose nearly all its staff and shut its main clothes designing activities.  

After the news that Christian Lacroix has failed to find a buyer, we look back at some of his most noteworthy outfitsRachel Holmes  

Struggling luxury brand Christian Lacroix, known for dressing the rich and famous, is to stop designing and making clothes.  

Luxury brand Christian Lacroix is to cut most of its staff and close its main clothing design unit after a restructuring plan is approved.  

Just last month, talk was of Christian Lacroix coming back from the brink of bankruptcy with a bigger and better operation that would see him branch out into the luxury sector of hotels and private jets, while keeping his couture branch running. But that dream is in tatters today, after the commercial court in Paris approved a plan to convert the house into to a mere...  

A sheikh from the United Arab Emirates is likely to take over Christian Lacroix, the loss-making French fashion house, tomorrow when his €100 million (£92 million) rescue deal goes before the Paris Commercial Court.  

PARIS, FRANCE (Reuters) - The Paris Commerce Court has postponed a decision on the future of troubled French fashion house Christian Lacroix to Dec 1, the administrator for Lacroix said on Tuesday. This was because the main potential buyers for the ...  

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Christian Lacroix Christian Lacroix as a yacht designer? As the rumors continue to to circulate on the impending fate of Lacroix's luxury label, interesting new developments have just been revealed from the brand's most prospective buyer, United Arab Emirates Sheikh...  

1. The bid to save Christian Lacroix’s fashion house is delayed by the French tribunal overseeing the proceedings.  We hope they don’t completely block the rescue of Lacroix’s artful cocktail dresses. [Vogue UK] 2. H & M has plans to expand in the U.S., particularly in the South.  Hey South Carolina, get ready for more trendy [...] More Like This:News: Lacroix Gone Broke, Will Strips For A Cause, And More…News: Suri Dresses Katie, Tom Ford...  

Pernod Ricard's Chivas Brothers unit has launched this year's limited edition bottling of its flagship Chivas Regal Scotch whisky brand.  

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The Ajman sheikh who seemed poised to rescue couturier Christian Lacroix from bankruptcy was a no-show at a crucial hearing.  

Consider the curious case of Christian Lacroix: A wildly influential designer who never turned a profit. A master of color who never did a makeup line. A couturier who never made an it-bag. Here's what might befall him in bankruptcy. Lacroix's owners, Florida-based Falic Group, bought the foundering house from the LVMH conglomerate in 2005, near the height of both the real estate bubble and the luxury goods boom that easy credit helped fuel...  

A French bankruptcy court has backed a plan that will cut 90% of Christian Lacroix's staff, and reduce the 22-year-old house to a licensing operation. [ToL] None other than Simon Doonan is decorating the White House for Christmas. [NYTimes] Speaking of the Obamas: Naeem Khan made not one but five dresses for Michelle Obama to consider for the state dinner last week. "It took 10 people three weeks to make the embroidery," says the Indian...  

Meet Maurizio!Before Hassan bin Ali al-Nuaimi came out of the blue with $70 million to spend on Christian Lacroix, Italy's Borletti Group held perhaps the most serious bid for the label. Well, Lacroix and French officials chose al-Naimi, leaving Borletti without a fun new project to work on. But now Maurizio Borletti is working on a bid for German label Escada, which went bankrupt and folded in August. Borletti is said to be advising the son...  

A sheikh from the United Arab Emirates is likely to take over Christian Lacroix, the loss-making French fashion house, tomorrow when his €100 million (£92 million) rescue deal goes before the Paris Commercial Court. Sheikh Hassan bin Ali al-Nuaimi ...  

In the year that has seen hallowed fashion names such as Christian Lacroix and Yohji Yamamoto filing for bankruptcy, American designer Michael Kors has opened new shops in Chicago, Toronto and London. His flagship in Palm Beach opened its doors a ...  

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