Christian Marie Marc Lacroix born 1951 in Southern France. In 1969 he moved to Montpellier, to study Art History at the University of Montpellier. In 1971 he then enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris. While working on a dissertation on dress in French 18th-century painting, Lacroix also pursued a program in museum studies at the École du Louvre. His aspiration during this time was to become a museum curator. It was during this time he met his future wife Françoise Rosenthiel, whom he married in 1974.