“這不是個迴顧史，但在裏邊我也精心選擇瞭超過400套的高級定製服裝，可以看到那是每個不同時代的傑作，是博物館級的古董，當然，這些服裝更是未經展覽過的。它們於我來說就像良師益友，我從裏邊得到瞭大量的靈感。他們還像一本曆史書，我可以從他們那裏事無巨細地讀到關於時裝的曆程和改變。我想說當我還是一名學徒的時候，我就希望可以將那些古董高級定製時裝們收集起來做個博物館，而我就是那個博物館主。 我淫浸於時尚圈超過20多個年頭，在書中我會介紹一些內容。除此之外我更是選擇瞭一些1987年到2007年Maison Lacroix的高級定製時裝中最棒的一些係列，還以一個特殊的次序展示給大傢，例如從黑白、彩色、花卉、民族風等等諸如此類的順序，就像是博物館一樣井井有條，讓讀者們可以一目瞭然。” —— Christian Lacroix

Fashion is a fascinating story that never ends, and Christian Lacroix is the most seductive of storytellers.

Lacroix is one of the most inventive and admired fashion designers in the world. He is also incredibly well-versed in fashion history, and he brings that expertise to bear in this delightful imaginary museum of historic and contemporary fashion.

‘I chose those that were most inspiring, those that best told the story of fashion that I would have wanted to tell if I were the museum curator that I intended to be when I was a student.’ – Christian Lacroix

Each featured piece – whether from costume collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs or the House of Lacroix – is distinguished by its cut, its detail, its colour and its texture,

and the pieces are juxtaposed and photographed in a way that emphasizes their relationships across the centuries.

Christian Lacroix is one of the most fêted fashion designers of our time. Patrick Mauriès is the author of numerous books, including Cabinets of Curiosities. Olivier Saillard is a fashion historian and curator at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Grégoire Alexandre, a graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure de Photographie in Arles, is one of France’s most acclaimed fashion photographers.

With texts by Christian Lacroix

Patrick Mauriès

Olivier Saillard

Photographs by Grégoire Alexandre

Foreword by Béatrice Salmon