Cultural colour of spain

As we know Christian Lacroix is deeply inpreesed by spanish culture, as he lives in the southern part of france and he always get at around in the gypsy and Mediterranean region....
So..let us take a look on spainish culture and how it affect his fashion collection.......



The culture of Spain is an Iberian culture marked by the period of Roman influences. In the areas of language and religion, the Ancient Romans left a lasting legacy. The subsequent course of Spanish history also added elements to the country's cultural development.
(ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Spain)






The Flag of Spain:


The main colour of the national flag of spain is an agressive colour, red and yellow and the accent colour is a receding colour of white and blue.

Red and yellow is an adjacent colour,the two colour come form the idea of bull-fight:
Red represent the blood of the bull- fighter

Yellow represent the ground at the place where bull-fight take place (鬥牛場)

(ref:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Spain)

We can always see Lacroix use this combination in his collection and in his Brand.



The bag of Lacroix's shop

Lacroix's shop

Lacroix's official web site

We can see the main colour use in Lacroix shop, its shopping bag to its web site is using the colour in the mational flag of spain, the yellow and red...it shows how spainish culture affect Christian Lacroix..

Spring Couture 2008

Spring Couture 2009