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Jasmine Dawda | TIMESOFINDIA.COM

Highest of high fashion- Haute Couture

What is Haute Couture?

Fashion industry’s most expensive, exclusive and extraordinary amenities - Haute Couture. Haute Couture indicates the highest of high fashion which takes a position for a few days in Paris. Let’s check the significance of the term Haute Couture? The literal interpretation of this French word is “ High Dress Making” which is the invention of exclusive custom-fit apparel. Haute Couture means that all the elements are constructed by hand from start to finish, and they are made from high-quality fabrics and sewn by the most proficient and qualified sewers. In Couture sales, clients can authorize the fabrics and the weight of yarns of a chosen garment as per the style and cut of the clothing. As we can say it’s not conceivable in any other ready-to-wear fashion collection to create a customised yarn for the costume. Haute Couture pieces are made solely from the hand of the industry’s very best skilled artisans and craftsmen embodying the best quality of fashion money can buy. Even though it comes with the price, it takes around three to four months to complete one outfit. At times the Haute Couture prices are upwards of $100,000 under the official certification of a distinct brand. Since the term “Haute Couture” is lawfully protected, it can only be used by the brands which are approved by the French ministry of industry. One can’t wake up one day and decides to become an Haute Couture brand, it doesn’t matter how extraordinary your dresses are or how remarkable their craftsmanship has been. They are legitimate undertakings to becoming a part of these elite groups of couturiers. The fashion houses which are under this certification must follow the strict rules of this organisation to have official approval for this high-end fashion creation.

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