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FASHION HISTORY
Haute Couture
Art in Business The term «Haute Couture» illustrates the early existence of fashion itself and its advocates, even though today couture collections are perceived as being an essential advertising tool for exceptional fashion houses — as most of the couture designers nation they don’t make any cash out of it. It is already nicely recognized that haute couture has a small clientele-no greater than 4,000 wealthy female as Nicholas Coleridge referred to in his book — The Fashion Conspiracy. CHANEL
Haute Couture started its story in France, in 1858, when the House of Charles Fredrick Worth, commonly regarded as the father of Paris couture, opened its doors. With its extravagant creations, Paul Poiret grow to be the second superb fashion legend of Paris, however was once soon deposed via the girls recognized as being the only dressmaker who created a style of her very own — Coco Chanel. According to Elaine Stone, Haute Couture or «fine sewing» is these days synonymous with high fashion. These unique designs, which use luxury fabrics and are known for their extraordinary detailing are of necessity highpriced and for that reason are made in very restrained numbers, grant suggestion for the cheaper mass market designs that dominate the trend market.
CHRISTIAN DIOR
Bernard Arnault, the head of LVMH Moët Hennessy — Louis Vuitton, presents adequate records for a individual to understand how couture traces work in practice: «Haute couture is what gives our business its vital essence of luxury. The cash it soaks up is largely irrelevant. Set towards the money we lose has to be the price of the picture couture offers us. Look at the interest the collections attract. It is the place you get noticed. You have to be there. It’s the place we set our thoughts in motion». While many legendary fashion houses have been created on the
base of couture, these days most format houses focal point solely on ready-to-wear strains as they generate the most income. Therefore, regardless of the truth that we can nevertheless witness a few haute couture suggests furnished via trend houses such as Christian Dior SA, Valentino, Armani Privé, Giambattista Valli and Elie Saab which acquire each 12 months at the Paris Haute Couture Week, the significance of haute couture collections seems to be increasingly lower. For example Givenchy announced its selection to suspend its Haute Couture line at the give up of 2012, as the company will only display its Couture garments internally to personal clients and celebrities. Givenchy is not the solely company which decided the artwork of couture is too hard to support, as in the previous decade Haute Couture homes like Balmain (2002), Yves Saint Laurent (2002) and the above stated Christian Lacroix (2009) had a similar fate.
JEAN PAUL GAULTIER
According to the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture’s respectable list for 2013, the registered haute couture fashion homes are: Chanel, Maison Martin Margiela, Christophe Josse, Rad Hourani, Frank Sorbier, Ellie Saab, Christian Dior SA, Jean Paul Gaultier, Atelier Gustavolins, Iris Herpen, Julien Fournie, Yiqing Yin, Giorgio Armani Prive, Valentino, Alexis Mabille , Alexandre Vauthier, Giambattista Valli, Bouchara Jarrar, Versace, Victor&Rolf as the
