Too Haute to Handle
January 28, 2008Haute Couture. Sounds very high-fashion, right? That’s because it is, silly. The theme for this year’s Garland Ceremony to happen on the 15th of March, ‘08 is French 60’s fashion. For the social elite, Chanel (or Dior, Féraud, and Gaultier) is a household name. For us mere people, it’s like gold under the rainbow, a slab off the Atlantis ruins, or hey, pandora’s box if you catch my very heavy drift. I’m not saying I’m against the idea of French fashion for our event, it’s quite the opposite, actually. It’s just that, let’s face it: it’s impractical and it’s just wrong down to the very last bead of that very hot couture dress. To prove my point:
Haute couture (French for "high sewing" or "high dressmaking", pronounced [oːt kuˈtyʁ]) refers to the creation of exclusive custom-fitted fashions. It originally referred to Englishman Charles Frederick Worth’s work, produced in Paris in the mid-nineteenth century. In modern France, haute couture is a "protected name" that can be used only by firms that meet certain well-defined standards. However, the term is also used loosely to describe all high-fashion custom-fitted clothing, whether it is produced in Paris or in other fashion capitals such as Milan, Tokyo, New York, Rome and London. Haute couture is made to order for a specific customer, and it is usually made from high-quality, expensive fabric and sewn with extreme attention to detail and finish, often using time-consuming, hand-executed techniques. -Wikipedia
at left: Christian-Dior-Haute-Couture-(French, founded-1947)
Disclaimer: This post is subject to alterations due to lack of confirmation on event’s theme.
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