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Feathers and fur featured prominently in the fall/winter collection of Christian Lacroix, who celebrates 20 years at the helm of a house influenced by the bull fights and Provencal traditions the French designer grew up with.
After John Galliano, who marked his 10 years at Dior and the 60th anniversary of the French fashion house with a star-studded party in Versailles Palace on Monday, Lacroix treated the fashion glitterati with a show true to his Southern roots.
Inside Palais de Tokyo, the contemporary art museum that faces the Eiffel Tower, models looked like disheveled gypsies with giant pearl necklaces and embroidered high-heeled shoes.
Lacroix played with volumes, with a green silk cloak topping a black sheath with a silver-studded belt, or a bronze-colored flounced jacket with feathers or colorful embroidered coats exposing sculpted yellow or purple gowns.
The audience went into raptures over Australian model Gemma Ward's Madonna-like wedding gown in golden fabric with flowers, and the vase with metallic roses on her head.
- REUTERS
