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Love Quote by Adriana Lima

"My favorite designer is Christian Lacroix, not just because his clothes are amazing and I love them, but because he's so nice. When I did his fashion show, he was the first one to arrive there and he helped everyone"

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Fashion’s power move isn’t always a spectacular silhouette; sometimes it’s punctuality. Adriana Lima’s praise of Christian Lacroix reads like a gentle rebuttal to the industry’s favorite myth: that genius must come packaged with aloofness, tantrums, and an entourage. She starts with the expected currency of taste ("his clothes are amazing") and then quickly spends it on something rarer in luxury culture - basic decency elevated to a professional ethic.

The detail that does the real work is logistical, almost anti-glamorous: "the first one to arrive" and "he helped everyone". In a world built on hierarchies, call times, and carefully managed visibility, arriving early is a statement about priorities. Helping "everyone" flattens the set’s social ladder, if only briefly, placing the designer not above the machine but inside it. Lima isn’t just complimenting Lacroix; she’s signaling what models and crew actually value when the cameras aren’t rolling: respect, competence, and a sense that the person at the top understands the labor beneath the fantasy.

There’s also a subtle reframing of what "favorite designer" means from a model’s perspective. It’s not only about aesthetics or brand prestige; it’s about how power behaves in proximity. Lima’s admiration functions as a soft endorsement of leadership by presence rather than distance - a reminder that kindness, in a high-status environment, is never merely personal. It’s cultural critique delivered in the language of gratitude.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Lima, Adriana. (2026, January 17). My favorite designer is Christian Lacroix, not just because his clothes are amazing and I love them, but because he's so nice. When I did his fashion show, he was the first one to arrive there and he helped everyone. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/my-favorite-designer-is-christian-lacroix-not-43879/

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Lima, Adriana. "My favorite designer is Christian Lacroix, not just because his clothes are amazing and I love them, but because he's so nice. When I did his fashion show, he was the first one to arrive there and he helped everyone." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/my-favorite-designer-is-christian-lacroix-not-43879/.

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"My favorite designer is Christian Lacroix, not just because his clothes are amazing and I love them, but because he's so nice. When I did his fashion show, he was the first one to arrive there and he helped everyone." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/my-favorite-designer-is-christian-lacroix-not-43879/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Adriana Lima

Adriana Lima (born June 12, 1981) is a Model from Brazil.

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