Lesson One : Christian Lacriox is not pronounced as "La-Kroy-x", its "La-Ku-ar".

I went to Christian Lacriox Exhibition on Sunday, one day right after the last day of evening free entry. AND OF COURSE, I DIDNT KNOW THAT. If I knew it, I would have went earlier to save that eight dollars entrance fee.

Art is a costly hobby. Always.


Crash into the guided tour. Was a very producer-like lady (if you know what I'm saying), talking in a as-a-matter-of-fact tone. I'm just making a wild guess----is this a Laselle Arts student's internship assignment? Feels like she is pouring out whatever she memorized from the lecture notes, but generally, her speech was pleasant and interesting.



Its about Costume Designer: Christian Lacroix, not Fashion designer : Christian Lacroix. Thats why most of the pieces that I saw were mostly from stageplays, operas and theatre dance performances. Costumes on stageplays have to be light-weight for the convenience of the actresses, and we're talking about a Master of Texture -- almost all pieces are happily layered. Plus Stage Productions dont have that much of a budget to spend bucks and bucks on beautiful silk, embroideries, hand-woven details.......and that is why, they came out with these:


Beautiful isnt it. Look closer...



..its paper. Like primary school art class, we get a big piece of paper, we draw, we paint, we stick macaroni and colourful straws and ta dah, you get this. And they wore this on stage. Save cost, save weight...bravo.



I didnt expect photography to be allowed inside, so all pics were taken by hp cam. My night mode isnt that great.



The venue was decorated very much closely to the classic opera theatres. They moved in a piano, chandeliers, velvet sofas, backstage mirrors....



I read " Top 50 must watch script-play" last December cos I couldnt find a decent book on Othelo. Please put aside all logics and moral feelings when you step into a theatre, we're talking about art. Its absurd that the queen falls in love with her own stepson when she thought that the king is dead and the stepson falls in love with another princess and the father comes back alive and kicking and kills the stepson. (This is not Othelo.)

Then again, its just one of the many absurd stories.


I cant stop looking at this General costume, its so suave! But the turn off point is, he goes without long pants. I hate guys in coat and shorts.



Cost-efficient combination of different materials, and yes, thats right, that familiar looking part is from an 18th century furniture. Master of texture, master of texture.



Inspired, I'm targeting my wardrobe flap and sofa cover for a patchwork dress......


The mannequins are all L size.



This mannequin is so big that it covers 1/4 of the platform.



This is a tent-like area where they squeeze in a few characters from different plays, including Cendrillion, Romeo and Juliet, Othelo etc etc....the famous ones la.





Another wearable costume. Get me that hat!



Some of his pieces strongly reminds me of these designers, no offence though:

Tsumori Chisato.



Tsumori Chisato on the left. Oh the red flamingo thingy is the famous Carmen dress!



And this, Vivienne Westwood. I'm sure Saturn Queen will throw in a few more punkies element, like how about black checked coat instead of plain jet.


This costume is for a lady character that's pretending to be a man in one of the scenes, for stupid people that isnt following the story close enough to understand, sometimes costumes have to speak for the character itself.




To end this post, this is my favourite sketch from the exhibition. *v*