Christian Lacroix is the first big-name designer to file for bankruptcy courtesy the global financial crisis. His Paris fashion house confirmed on May 28 that it had filed for bankruptcy. No great shocks here, SIL, a French company that made high-end lingerie for luxury brands, including Christian Lacroix, Kenzo, and Sonia Rykiel shut up shop earlier in the year after suffering a steep decline in orders, throwing 130 employees out of work. The company had been in business since the 1960s, and many employees had held their jobs for decades. "It happened very fast, everyone was in shock," says Garcher, who worked at a factory in the town of Nevers in Burgundy.
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