Haute Couture

[Kodak]

The extravaganza and spectacle of couture and couture week is something I've come to enjoy. With Paris Couture week starting of tomorrow( January 22) I though a thread devoted just to couture would be very appropriate.

Soure:Wikipedia

"In France, the designation "haute couture" is protected by law. A certain number of formal criteria (number of employees, participation in fashion shows...) must be met for a fashion house to use the label; a list of eligible houses is made official every year by the French Ministry of Industry. The haute couture houses belong to the professional union, the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture.
The French term for ready-to-wear (not custom fitted) fashion is prêt-à-porter. Every haute couture house also markets prêt-à-porter collections, which typically deliver a higher return on investment than their custom clothing. In fact, much of the haute couture displayed at fashion shows today is never sold; it is created to enhance the good name of the house. Falling revenues have forced a few couture houses to abandon their less profitable couture division and concentrate solely on the less prestigious prêt-à-porter. These houses are no longer considered haute couture."

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January, Monday, the 22nd
ELIE SAAB**	11.00 am	Musée de l'Homme - 17 place du Trocadéro - Paris 16e
FELIPE OLIVEIRA BAPTISTA*	12.00 pm	Tennis Club de Paris - 84 Avenue Georges Laffont - Paris 16e
CHRISTOPHE JOSSE*	13.00 pm	Grand Hôtel - 2 rue Scribe - Paris 9e
CHRISTIAN DIOR	2.30 pm	Polo de Paris - Route des Moulins - Bois de Boulogne - Paris 16e
DOMINIQUE SIROP	4.00 pm	Hôtel Meurice - 228 rue de Rivoli - Paris 1er
ANNE VALERIE HASH*	5.00 pm	Cité de l'Architecture - 7 avenue Albert de Mun ? Paris 16e
ADELINE ANDRÉ	6.00 pm	Galerie Anne de Villepoix - 43 rue de Montmorency - Paris 3e
VALENTINO**	7.00 pm & 8.30 pm	Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts ? Salle Melpomène ? 13 quai Malaquais - Paris 6e
January, Tuesday, the 23rd
CHANEL	11.30 am	Grand Palais - Cours la Reine - Paris 8e
ON AURA TOUT VU*	2.00 pm	Cité de l'Architecture - 7 avenue Albert de Mun ? Paris 16e
CHRISTIAN LACROIX	3.00 pm & 5.00 pm	Palais de Tokyo - 13 avenue du Président Wilson - Paris 16e
EYMERIC FRANCOIS*	6.00 pm	Grand Hôtel - 2 rue Scribe - Paris 9e
GIVENCHY	7.30 pm	Ateliers Berthier - 32 boulevard Berthier - Paris 17e
January, Wednesday, the 24th
FRANCK SORBIER	11.00 am	See invitation
JEAN PAUL GAULTIER	2.30 pm	325 rue Saint-Martin - Paris 3e
CARVEN*	4.00 pm	Espace Pierre Cardin - 3 avenue Gabriel - Paris 8e
MAURIZIO GALANTE*	5.00 pm	Musée Galliéra - 10 avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie - Paris 16e
MARC LE BIHAN*	6.30 pm	Cité de l'Architecture - 7 avenue Albert de Mun ? Paris 16e
GIORGIO ARMANI PRIVÉ**	8.00 pm	Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris - 11 avenue du Président Wilson - Paris 16e
January, Thursday, the 25th
LEFRANC.FERRANT*	10.30 am	Cité de l'Architecture - 7 avenue Albert de Mun ? Paris 16e
NICOLAS LE CAUCHOIS*	11.30 am	BMCS - 149 rue Saint-Honoré - Paris 1er
BOUDICCA*	2.30 pm	Ambassade de Roumanie - 5 rue de l'Exposition - Paris 7e
RICHARD RENÉ*	3.30 pm	Cité de l'Architecture - 7 avenue Albert de Mun ? Paris 16e
CATHY PILL*	4.30 pm	Cité de l'Architecture - 7 avenue Albert de Mun ? Paris 16e
GERALD WATELET	5.30 pm	Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild - 11 rue Berryer - Paris 8e

ADAM JONES*	january 2007, the 24th - 11.00 am to 2.00 pm	62 rue de la Boétie - Paris 8e
GUSTAVO LINS*	january 2007, the 24th - 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm	Galerie Joyce - rue de Valois - Paris 1er
MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA*	january 2007, from the 22nd to the 25th - 10.00 am to 6.00 pm	163 rue Saint-Maur - Paris 11e

[Kodak]

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Some of favorites includeChristain Diorand Lacroix. I am impressed with the ability of the seamstresses ability to make these beautiful works of art.

Christian Dior SS 2004

[Kodak]

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http://youtube.com/watch?v=nvcQh9w9DX8( Dior SS2004 pt 1)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=v-L35Pd3lII(Dior SS2004 pt 2)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=kWtURorgC9k(Dior FW 06-07 pt 1)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=E68YNvcGs...elated&search=(Dior FW 06-07 pt 2)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=72ecykuoS...elated&search=(Dior FW 06-07 pt 3)

Behind the scenes at Chanel http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...=+signe+chanel

Christian Lacroix HC FW 06-07 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvP5dqpEOos

[nairb49]

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inspiring! great post kodak.

[Faust]

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Thanks, Kodak. It is amazing, isn't it?

I am surprised to see names like Marc le Bihan on the schedule - weird. As always looking forward to Ann Valeri Hash and Boudicca (< - I LOVE them). And of course the next lunacy of Galliano is always entertaining... and Margiela, let's see what he will reconstruct this time.

Kodak, if you want to read a bit of a socio-philosophical outlook on HC, Fashion at the Edge is a good book.

[Chinorlz]

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I always look forward to Galliano's creations. They are always spectacular yet elegant at the same time. Not quite... wearable of course, but man... "fashion as art" is epitomized by his haute couture show.

[Kodak]

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Thanks Faust, I will have to look out for that title

[swami]

Does anyone have pics to the GIVENCHY HAUTE COUTURE FW 09/10 ? Could you please post them?

[BECOMING-INTENSE]

Try here: http://www.style.it/cont/moda/sfilat...oni&stil=10951

And here: http://www.daylife.com/search/photos?q=Givenchy

I don't have time to upload right now,
so you'll have to do it yourself or
somebody else can help?

Ps. High res. photo's probably available
from tFS.

[swami]

Try here: http://www.style.it/cont/moda/sfilat...oni&stil=10951

And here: http://www.daylife.com/search/photos?q=Givenchy

I don't have time to upload right now,
so you'll have to do it yourself or
somebody else can help?

Ps. High res. photo's probably available
from tFS.

Many Thanks B-I!

[Aleks]

The poor models...