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Byline: Hamish Bowles
Fashion is exploring new volumes and pneumatic effects, and Christian Lacroix-who debuted his pouf line with his first couture effort under the Lacroix label in 1987-is once again coming into his own. His spectacular collection was as airy as a Michelin chef's souffle.
In recent seasons, the designer has worked with his ateliers to reinvent his signature maximal effects with a new feather-lightness of touch. He opened his show with balletic puffball dresses garnished with an embarrassment of lace doilies, ruffles, and bows. He shrugged an unlined trench coat over a mushroom cloud of lace and organza, and a chalky-white cardigan ...