Christian Lacroix Exhibition in Singapore

oh my god i was simply thrilled when i was updating myself of the exhibitions at National Museum of Singapore website just now!!! Christian Lacroix will be holding an exhibition on his costume designs throughout the years in National Museum from 20th March!Christian Lacroix is one of the few fashion designers whom i really respected apart from Tom Ford, Yves Saint Laurent and etc. That reminded me of the Paris Opera Ballet performance in Sydney almost 3 years ago when he was the designer for their splendid costumes. I have just marked down the date in my calendar..will Captain be able to join me?Anyway this exhibition is the first in Asia.



Organised by Centre National du Costume de Scène, Moulins, France and Artex Art Services
Venue

Exhibition Gallery 1 & The Canyon
Date

Fri 20 Mar 2009 – Sun 7 Jun 2009 10:00am – 6:00pm

The virtuoso haute couture designer Christian Lacroix, who is known for defining the look of the 1980s with its bright colours and extravagant embellishments, presents his splendid costume design work of 20 years for the ballet, theatre and opera in this exclusive exhibition.

Lacroix's inspiration for productions such as Carmen, Gaité Parisienne, Othello, Cosi Fan Tutte and Phèdre are eclectic, drawing from a wide variety of sources, and are at once historical and yet modern.

In Asia for the very first time, close to 80 spectacular costumes and 60 sketches from the collection of the Centre National du Costume de Scène (National Stage Costume Centre, Moulins, France) and from Lacroix’s personal collection, will take stage at the National Museum of Singapore from March to June 2009.

FREE GUIDED TOURS
Sat 28 Mar – Sun 7 Jun 09
Meeting point: Entrance of Exhibition Gallery 1 (Basement), admission fee to exhibition applies.
Limited to 15 participants per session, on a first come, first served basis.
Duration: 60min

Join one of our docents as he or she shares the love and life of Christian Lacroix which inspired his famous costume designs for opera, ballet and theatre that are presented in this exhibition.

English
Mondays to Fridays 1.30pm
Saturdays & Sundays 2.30pm & 4.30pm

Mandarin
Saturdays 3.30pm

Japanese (Commence from 4 April)
Thursdays & Saturdays 12pm