Foreign RTW: Christian Lacroix

Christian Lacroix: Ready-to-wear
Lacroix is a French fashion designer. His latest collection is from Fall of 2009, and since then he has not continued to design, but has prominently succeeded financially in other areas such as his fragrance line. In his Ready-to-wear collection for fall of 2009 he used amazing textures and fabrics, printed with beautiful metallic elements fitted on draped and geometric silhouettes. His collection as a whole was luxurious and full of glamour, and the individual color stories intensified the silhouettes as the show continued. The Large button accents, lace detailing on nylons and longsleeves, and high collars of both fur and fabric added an extra 'something special' and made this dynamic collection exceptional.
http://www.ftv.com/fashion/page.php?P=4264&id=111503
http://www.christian-lacroix.fr/english/sommaire.htm

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MNG Vs. ZARA
MNG- The floor plan is clean and organized and the price point fits the atmosphere, the employees are not very helpful on their own, but when you ask them for help they are very cooperative and well-knowledged about the product in their store. I believe that MNG is much better in customer service and visual presentation over ZARA. Saying this, ZARA has more selection, but ZARA is a bit more pricy and should therefore present their atmosphere as such. Their product is thrown everywhere, and you would think that it would be more organized seeing as they get new product in every two weeks and they remerchandising nightly. Their staff, although knowledged in the product, were less likely to step out and help a customer, and didn’t look very happy to be there. Their products are similar in price and quality and therefore either store would be a good choice to shop, both for different reasons. One for the quality of service. And the other for the selection of product.