Word: rosensthiel
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Dates: during 1988-1988
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...days after finally arriving in the capital, he regretted his decision to ripen in the provinces. At a party he met a bubbly gamine named Francoise Rosensthiel. "It was a coup de foudre!" he recalls. "Right away I loved her skin, her way of wearing clothes, her hair, her big freedom, her sweet spirit. Once I was with Francoise, I felt I had wasted time in the South." They are still together, though they have never married...
...Rosensthiel was already in the fashion and publicity business. Lacroix studied at the Louvre and the Sorbonne with the idea of becoming a museum curator. The young pair prowled museums, went to the opera and bucketed around Europe student style. "Christian was curious about the Mediterranean, so we traveled to Greece and Spain and Venice in a real vacation spirit," says Rosensthiel. "He used to keep little travel notebooks, full of notes and sketches...
Those little sketches were not lost on Rosensthiel: "I thought his drawings terrific. When I saw his talent, I felt it was silly for him to limit himself to being a curator when there were other people who could only do that." Lacroix was finding his scholarly exertions "heavy," so when Rosensthiel whistled up a few introductions, he was on his way. Through her he met Picart, who helped him get a job with Hermes and later with Patou...
Lacroix is learning the hazards of fame. He is now recognized all over Paris, and he is deeply embarrassed when asked for an autograph or cornered in a restaurant. Once an avid night owl, he now sends Rosensthiel to various events. "He stays in more, and I go out more," she says. "And people have got used to inviting him and getting me instead." She is often referred to as his muse, but she denies it. "I'm not a muse, but I amuse him," she says. "I'm not at his feet adoringly, but he can count...
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