Christian Lacroix studied art history at the Ecole de Louvre before he focused on an international fashion career in haute couture. Lacroix went 200 years back in time and researched over 80,000 pieces to present a 200 year overview of the fashion industry.

The exhibition Christian Lacroix: Histoires de Mode runs until April 2008 and features dresses, capes coats, accessories covering several centuries of the greatest names of French fashion to less known labels.