Christian Lacroix Pouf Cocktail Dress In Silk Taffeta 1987

Vintage haute couture pouf dress by christian lacroix 1980 s can can style strapless bodice with boning ribbon texture detailing yellow silk satin skirt black fren.

Christian lacroix pouf cocktail dress in silk taffeta 1987. Elsa schiaparelli collaboration with salvador dalí lobster dinner dress of printed silk organza 1937 elsa schiaparelli collaboration with salvador dalí lobster dinner dress of printed silk organza 1937. Christian lacroix s short skirted evening ensemble of 1987 poufs out all over except for its tight stomacher in black silk faille and lace echoing rococo corsetry and puffery. Lacroix graduated from secondary school in 1969 and moved to montpellier to study art history at the university of montpellier in 1971 he enrolled at the sorbonne in paris.

Category late 20th century christian lacroix evening dresses and gowns. Training at hermes in tokyo and taking over the patou couture house in 1981 lacroix caused quite a stir wi. This preview shows page 15 30 out of 30 pages.

See more ideas about lacroix christian lacroix couture. Christian lacroix silk taffeta cocktail dress a variation on a style from the designer s debut a w 87 haute couture collection. Heady pardon the pun was the term for the atmosphere in 1987 when lacroix s own label launched with the bold backing of 8m from.

That was the trading day dubbed black monday when the bottom fell out of the boom and the dow jones dropped 22 61 per cent in value still ranking as the largest one day percentage decline in. Jul 25 2014 black taffeta and lace evening dress by christian lacroix for house of patou french 1987. A christian lacroix pouf or the options for the same price.

Lacroix was born in arles bouches du rhône in southern france at a young age he began sketching historical costumes and fashions. While working on a dissertation on dress in french 18th century painting. Aug 13 2016 explore angela allyn s board lacroix darling the 80s followed by 468 people on pinterest.

They ve even seized on lacroix s beloved duchesse satin to create the kind of extravagant evening dresses we haven t seen since 19 october 1987.