"Going out in Paris was like going out in the '30s dressed like the Andrews Sisters. It was everything I'd seen in books at my grandparents' house, only it was our generation"

This quote by Christian Lacroix speaks with the nostalgia of a bygone age. He is explaining the experience of heading out in Paris in the 1980s as if it were the 1930s. He is describing the environment as being similar to the books he checked out at his grandparents' home, but with a modern twist. He is revealing the joy of being able to experience a time period that he had only read about in books. He is likewise revealing the happiness of having the ability to experience it with his own generation. This quote talks to the timelessness of certain experiences and the delight of having the ability to experience them with individuals of one's own generation.