as part of my program here in paris, we have these cultural and business visits. today we visited christian lacroix. for those of you who haven't heard of him, he's a really famous french haute couture designer. we didn't just go into a boutique, it was the headquarters. his spring/summer 2008 collection was displayed in the foyer. we got to look at them closely, touch them, examine the details, and of course take pictures. it was amazing. then we got a tour of the atelier upstairs where the seamstresses hand sew the clothes. they are currently working on the fall/winter 2008 collection which is debuting in 3 weeks. so we got a sneak peek! it was very exciting.

from the spring/summer 2008 collection, these were my favorites:




here's the rest of the collection, which i got to see up close.

i saw this bag in the display of a louis vuitton store today and it was love at first sight. it's also almost $3000.

i've been around most of paris already. i might possibly know it better than washington, dc. it really is a lovely city.