Christian Lacroix

Despite filing for bankruptcy recently, French fashion designer Christian Lacroix products never fail to make an impression on the fashion press and French design enthusiasts.Contributor: Reese PutneyPublished: Dec 23, 2009  

Christian Lacroix has made his mark in the fashion industry by designing various fashion pieces like scarves, dresses, shoes and perfumes. Find out why his couture stands out.Contributor: Sidney ParkerPublished: Dec 23, 2009  

Be thankful if you still have a job: After the hell year that was 2009, a lot of fashion people don't. Many designers were fired, some were hired, and plenty lost their businesses altogether. An overview of the tumult: Label Closures Christian Lacroix's namesake house teetered on the brink of collapse for the better part of this year. After filing for bankruptcy in Paris this May, owners the Falic Group announced a "restructuring" plan that...  

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...  

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...  

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.  

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 »  

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.  

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 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 [...]  

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...  

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...  

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...