French couturier Christian Lacroix gets a second life as part of France’s national heritage; the owners of the label had confirmed a donation of 11 outfits for the country’s Decorative Arts Museum.
The French culture ministry Frederic Mitterrand announced a further 3,000 haute couture models from collections dating from the creation of the label in 1987 to its demise in 2009 would be lent to national museums when necessary.
The chief executive of the Christian Lacroix Company, Nicolas Topiol confirmed that the company “has always agreed to loan creations when asked.” The 3,000 models in its hands are currently in storage in a warehouse equipped with the appropriate facilities to insure the exclusive designs against the wear and tear of time.
Lacroix lost his house when a French court last December approved drastic cutbacks for the label, which lost nearly all its staff and its main clothes designing activities.
