Although his company has gone into a voluntary receivership and its future is far from certain, don't expect to see Christian Lacroix shedding any tears. The designer tells the Telegraph that he's "too angry to cry."

He's fighting mad, because it's not only his name that this company represents -- it's also the name of his father and grandfather, "men who brought me up to have a very rigid moral backbone; men who taught me never to have any debts," proclaims Lacroix.

In the Telegraph's article and interview, Lacroix talks about the effect the current economy has had on his business. "The recession was a gift to the management, really, because they could blame everything on that, but it was only partly responsible." The designer hasn't been paid in 18 months, admitting he's owed £1.2 million euros.

So who is to blame? Lacroix? He hates that idea, although even he knows there's an element of truth to it. "[T]o a certain extent I am paying for not having done what everyone else did, with their logos and It-bags. I never went down that route."

Haute couture still has its place in today's culture, and for Lacroix, fashion is a living thing. "Besides," he says, "in periods of crisis, people need to see beautiful things around them."

He'll continue to give people what he thinks they need -- he is still planning a show for the middle of next month, even though he can't spend a dime on it.

But if anyone can pull it off, it's Lacroix.