Christian Lacroix’s store in The Forum Shops at Caesars in Las Vegas is the designer’s first in the U.S. The space, a collaboration of The Pavlik Design Team (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), The Kreo Gallery (Paris) and Lacroix himself, combines contemporary design and Baroque style – a reflection of Lacroix’s “harmonious dissonance” design philosophy.

For example, the store’s modern minimalist metallic furniture is contrasted with hand-carved vitrines and baroque consoles created from an original 18th Century piece that Lacroix found in Arles, France. The space is also infused with recurring visual references from Lacroix’s couture creations, including the sun, the passionate heart and extensive use of the color red.

Client: Christian Lacroix, Paris – Christian Lacroix, owner

Design and Architect: Pavlik Design Team, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Architect: Creative Design Architects Inc. Las Vegas

Outside Design Consultant: Kreo, Paris (concept)

Construction: Duty Free Americas, Hollywood, Fla.

Audio/Visual: Clarity Visual Systems, Beaverton, Ore.

Flooring: Atlas Carpet Mills, Los Angeles

Innovative Stone, Hauppauge, N.Y.

Walker Zanger, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Paul Bebble & Associates, Jupiter, Fla.

Shaw, Jupiter, Fla.

Furniture: Creative Arts Unlimited Inc., Pinellas Park, Fla.

Lighting: Lighting Dynamics, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Visual Lighting Technologies, Lake Forest, Calif.

Mannequins/Forms: DK Display, New York

Props and Decoratives: Klondike Kids Inc., Vancouver, B.C.

Signage/Graphics: Arrow Signage, Oakland, Calif.

Wall Coverings/Materials: Auric Consulting Intl., New York

Benheim, New York

Maharam, Hollywood, Fla.

Creslite, Chicago

Schell Sales Co./Rimex, Cooper City, Fla.

Wilsonart Intl., Miami

Jerry Pair, Dania, Fla.

Whittelsey Woods, Miami

Southwest Progressive, Orlando, Fla.

Photography: Brian Janis, Las Vegas