CHRISTIAN LACROIX, CHRISTIAN LACROIX

CHRISTIAN LACROIX

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CHRISTIAN LACROIX
1991, FULLY LABELLED ON YELLOW SILK WITH INSCRIBED COUTURE CANVAS TAG TO REVERSE
A strapless evening gown of navy and white silk checked taffeta, composed of a red and white checked and raped bustier bodice with black and silver lace trim, bouffant skirts of pleated silk over a crin-stiffened tubular sheath, with its matching red and white checked taffeta apron
Yellow and white woven label, couture bolduc (canvas tag) inscribed 90324
Bust 68cm (27ins), Waist 61cm (24ins)

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Lot Essay

Christian Lacroix, the indisputable enfant terrible of 1990s couture, whose gowns are the very antithesis of ‘less is more’, never ceased to be a son of Arles, his home territory. Here his re-invention of an Arlesian traditional apron is a couture nod to his origins, and one which adds a final, characteristically light-hearted touch to this evening ensemble.

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