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    country and so the markets of haute couture and ready to wear. When we say that pret market have a lot of opportunities as comparing to haute couture this may be true and comparing the profit earned by the markets each season annually we can derive that the ready to wear market had more profits. Both markets are respectively works on the demand of the product and working capabilities of the market. You will find more houses working in the pret market rather than haute couture because eventually the more

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    This essay will be considering the historical development of haute couture by analysing Charles Frederick Worth’s (father of haute couture) key factors in the success of haute Couture. I will then discuss Coco Chanel’s thriving impact on haute couture as well as ready-to-wear caused by the second world war. Saint Laurent’s drift to ready-to-wear and the high street fashion system will also be discussed in order to answer if haute couture is relevant in fashion today. The books I will be analysing

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    Evolution Secret of the Haute Couture World Introduction In some normal people mind, they might not know what the word “Haute Couture” means because they are expensive, luxurious and exclusive. Haute Couture is actually strictly defined as “high sewing”, haute couture has evolved from the days when it was invented by the Chambre Syndicale de la Confection et de la couture pour Dames et fillettes which means trade-union room of clothes industry and the seam for ladies and young girls in 1868. (Deborah

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    Haute Couture Influences Ready-to-wear

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    could afford. It was a way to separate the social classes of the society. In this paper I will include the creator of haute couture, and how the following designers developed couture, as well as having leading names in today’s ready-to-wear industry. The list is long, but I chose to focus on the three most important designers of the modern fashion industry. Haute Couture Haute Couture is the French term for high fashion, and it relates to the

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    restored the international reputation of Parisian haute couture.(Harvard Business Publishing) On October 23, 1957, the tragedy of a third heart attack, killed Christian Dior at the age of 52 while on vacation in Montecatini, Italy. (Christian Dior) In the case, Christian Dior: A New Look for Haute Couture, it first starts off discussing about the death of Christian Dior on October 1957 and also about how Christian Dior changed the face of couture fashion after the war. Then the case goes on to talk

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    the differences between Haute Couture and high culture in fashion. In this essay I intend to explore what is meant by theterms.Haute couture and high culture. I will be discussing aboutThe history and the timeline of Haue Couture and high culture. I am also going to be speaking about the relationship between Haute couture and high culture and why does it matter. I will be looking into how the World War II was one of the factors that had the greatest influence on Haute couture in the 1940s and how the

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    Describing the furor at Marc Bohan’s first haute couture collection for Christian Dior, the New York Times reported “the shouting, clapping, surging mob at the press showing caused chaos in the elegant salon. Marc Bohan was… kissed, mauled, and congratulated. Chairs were toppled.” Bohan’s Spring/Summer 1961 collection, the “Slim Look,” surged a wave of enthusiastic admiration that signaled the beginning of his spirited tenure at Dior. From 1961 until 1989, Bohan was the House of Dior. The fashion

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    industry as shown by the many manufacturing processes of both the ready-to-wear and haute couture industries, the many types of commercial

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    processes of both the ready-to-wear and haute couture industries, the many types of commercial advertisements and media produced by the marketing branch, and by the profit margins of different companies within the fashion industry. It is evident that the quantity and quality of clothing is affected and influenced by the fashion industry as shown by the many manufacturing processes of the haute couture branch of the fashion industry. Originating in Europe, haute couture is defined as “high sewing,” in which

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    Ellie Saab is couture house that became renowned for its sophisticated, innovative and glamorous high fashion. The brand takes the name from its chairman, fashion designer and expert in dressmaking, Ellie Saab, who started in the fashion business when he opened his first atelier in Beirut at the early age of 18 years old. Saab received media coverage when he featured his first collection at the Casino Du Liban in Beirut and after that he was labelled as a “precocious genius” by the press. In the

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