Lacroix harks back to his roots

CHRISTIAN Lacroix harked back to his southern French roots for his bright and elaborately-crafted haute couture collection, while Riccardo Tisci’s talent for structure offered elegance tinted with romanticism at Givenchy.

‘Back to Lacroix basics’ was how the designer described his approach to his 38th collection for a result that was romantic yet modern, chic, as well as effortlessly littered with southern references.

“A kind of starting up again, of rebirth”, he said after the show. Luxury goods group LVMH sold Lacroix’s label - which it launched in 1987 - to the Falic Group, the second-largest US duty-free retailer, last year.