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Article: LACROIX'S L.A. ADVENTURE.(Brief Article)
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- WWD
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- February 12, 2001
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LOS ANGELES -- The ladies who lunch in the name of philanthropy got to one-up the celebrities, stylists and editors who get first view of a collection when Christian Lacroix personally shared his pre-fall looks last week -- a full month before officially unveiling them in Paris.
Several hundred fans in Beverly Hills and San Francisco were treated to a spring runway re-creation and a pre-fall trunk show co-hosted by Neiman Marcus and Lacroix.
Philippe Soussand, president of Lacroix USA, was on hand, as well as Lacroix's Paris team, including managing director Jean-Pierre Dubu, Stateside solely for the two events.
The designer clearly ...