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Article: C'EST MAGNIFIQUE: RETAILERS' PRAISE LACROIX AT PUCCI.(Christian Lacroix at the house of Emilio Pucci)(Brief Article)
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- WWD
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- April 12, 2002
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PARIS -- When Bernard Arnault, chairman of luxury giant LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, first made overtures to buy the Florentine house of Emilio Pucci about two years ago, Christian Lacroix felt a pang of desire.
"I thought, `Oh, what a happy guy the one who will be in charge of that," he recalled Thursday. "And now it's me. I'm very happy. It's a wonderful gift for the 15th anniversary [of the house of Lacroix.]"
LVMH announced Thursday that the star couturier is now the new artistic director of Pucci, confirming a report in WWD on Wednesday. Lacroix said he will soon begin work on the runway collection he will show October in Milan. He also will ...