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Haute Couture on the catwalk
Extravagant models and wickedly expensive fabrics: for Four days, the Paris fashion houses their exclusive Haute Couture. For mere Mortals is the high level of tailoring, however, prohibitive.
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An exciting fashion week
The spring Haute Couture Show in Paris, has a lot to offer had – the five major fashion shows were – as always – for your new creations celebrated. Here is dancing the Jean-Paul Gaultier the “Enfant terrible” of the fashion personally from the scenery, surrounded by great women, from the disco light is irradiated. His Show ended Paris Fashion Week.
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For Gaultier, it must be something Special
If Gaultiers Models with a dark light over the long, black runway walk, then, is really everything is different: Gaultier – this means: beautiful women, during the Show, Smoking, champagne drinking and talking. Or Models, in the meantime, have a chat and take off your shoes.
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Opening with Versace
On Sunday evening, was Versace the first fashion house of its latest designs imaginable was allowed. The collection “Athletic Couture” chief designer Donatella Versace showed ergonomic cuts, which are the figures of the women caress, refined laces and Cut-outs. A more experimental and modern fashion, the Italian brand from Milan, since its founding in 1978 mind.
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The new femininity
“Versace is femininity and dynamism, the strength to overcome obstacles,” it says on Twitter. After watching last year a hot discussion on the topic of skinny models in the Haute Couture industry has been, put on Versace is now a sign: The Models present their feminine curves emphasised by the hourglass Silhouette of the new collection.
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Dior: New Designer – new Look
Christian Dior’s girlish models showed 2016 is no longer the wasp-waist for the fashion house is otherwise typical. Instead, imprinted flowing fabrics, with colourful embroidery in the collection. It was the first big Show of the fashion house, since then, the Belgian Designer Raf Simons 2015 from the company is dismissed. The Swiss Designer Serge Ruffieux and Lucie Meier are filled in.
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Pretty handy
Actually, scores Dior with lush femininity, a legacy from the period after the end of the war, as the fashion house of the drab fashion of the war years, a rejection given. 2016 but shows Dior also practical – even the Haute Couture looks almost everyday.
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Chanel in box
When Karl Lagerfeld, head designer of Chanel, a Show is staged, it is not just any fashion show. The Wow-effect is provided in this year’s stage a wooden house, a Dollhouse or a raster reminded. In chambers: the Models in the new Chanel creations, simple, clear and natural.
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Models and It Girls
From the doll’s house eventually joined the trendy Laufstegstars – including Kim kardashian’s sister Kendall Jenner (above), the Hadid sisters and Edie Campbell. They showed, among other things, that the Hip Bag hip again – as a discreet Hüfttäschchen for your Smartphone.
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Armani in soft Purple and Blue
Armani sets by 2016, to pastel shades: lavender and rose quartz to Mauve and blue pigeon, large round sunglasses. Eye-catching earrings and chains are in contrast to the otherwise rather minimalist one of a kind. All Models had the same hairstyle: mid-length hair – Armani retains his Passion for the androgynous look.
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The mysterious fashion designers
Armani’s Schauläufe are usually only to a select audience. So also on Tuesday evening in Paris. Supported by a diffused light presented the Models of the new pastel-colored Outfits. The Designer himself commented, his collection towards the fashion magazine Vogue just with the words “Nothing is as it seems”.
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An exciting fashion week
The spring Haute Couture Show in Paris, has a lot to offer had – the five major fashion shows were – as always – for your new creations celebrated. Here is dancing the Jean-Paul Gaultier the “Enfant terrible” of the fashion personally from the scenery, surrounded by great women, from the disco light is irradiated. His Show ended Paris Fashion Week.
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For Gaultier, it must be something Special
If Gaultiers Models with a dark light over the long, black runway walk, then, is really everything is different: Gaultier – this means: beautiful women, during the Show, Smoking, champagne drinking and talking. Or Models, in the meantime, have a chat and take off your shoes.
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Opening with Versace
On Sunday evening, was Versace the first fashion house of its latest designs imaginable was allowed. The collection “Athletic Couture” chief designer Donatella Versace showed ergonomic cuts, which are the figures of the women caress, refined laces and Cut-outs. A more experimental and modern fashion, the Italian brand from Milan, since its founding in 1978 mind.
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The new femininity
“Versace is femininity and dynamism, the strength to overcome obstacles,” it says on Twitter. After watching last year a hot discussion on the topic of skinny models in the Haute Couture industry has been, put on Versace is now a sign: The Models present their feminine curves emphasised by the hourglass Silhouette of the new collection.
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Dior: New Designer – new Look
Christian Dior’s girlish models showed 2016 is no longer the wasp-waist for the fashion house is otherwise typical. Instead, imprinted flowing fabrics, with colourful embroidery in the collection. It was the first big Show of the fashion house, since then, the Belgian Designer Raf Simons 2015 from the company is dismissed. The Swiss Designer Serge Ruffieux and Lucie Meier are filled in.
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Pretty handy
Actually, scores Dior with lush femininity, a legacy from the period after the end of the war, as the fashion house of the drab fashion of the war years, a rejection given. 2016 but shows Dior also practical – even the Haute Couture looks almost everyday.
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Chanel in box
When Karl Lagerfeld, head designer of Chanel, a Show is staged, it is not just any fashion show. The Wow-effect is provided in this year’s stage a wooden house, a Dollhouse or a raster reminded. In chambers: the Models in the new Chanel creations, simple, clear and natural.
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Models and It Girls
From the doll’s house eventually joined the trendy Laufstegstars – including Kim kardashian’s sister Kendall Jenner (above), the Hadid sisters and Edie Campbell. They showed, among other things, that the Hip Bag hip again – as a discreet Hüfttäschchen for your Smartphone.
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Armani in soft Purple and Blue
Armani sets by 2016, to pastel shades: lavender and rose quartz to Mauve and blue pigeon, large round sunglasses. Eye-catching earrings and chains are in contrast to the otherwise rather minimalist one of a kind. All Models had the same hairstyle: mid-length hair – Armani retains his Passion for the androgynous look.
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The mysterious fashion designers
Armani’s Schauläufe are usually only to a select audience. So also on Tuesday evening in Paris. Supported by a diffused light presented the Models of the new pastel-colored Outfits. The Designer himself commented, his collection towards the fashion magazine Vogue just with the words “Nothing is as it seems”.
Paris, which is elegance and the exclusive Chic women on high heels lightly over the Champs-Elysées prance. Paris, a place of longing for many, as well as the navel of the fashion world. Haute Couture has a long Tradition here. Twice a year present the big names of the industry, from Versace to Chanel, here are their new collection. Haute Couture stands for tailor-made fit and a lot of technical skill. At an extravagant Train for Chanel working time 15 seamstresses up to 30 days.
Invited to be the first Haute-Couture Look of the year from the 24. until 27. January has, as always, the “Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture”. The Paris Modeverband was founded in 1973 and wakes up with a watchful eye on who is in the exquisite circle of the Haute Couture Designer is included and who is not.
The criteria are strict, year after year have the fashion houses re-apply. 2015 made it just in time 12 designers in the list. Your creations need to be tailor-made, hand-crafted, unique pieces, and the Designer must have in your Studio at least 15 tailors or dressmakers employ. Per Show season, in January and July, you will have 35 models of design, both daytime as well as evening wear. Just as important: The company headquarters must be in Paris – with this rule in the case of Versace and Giorgio Armani, both from Milan, been relaxed. For that you have to with the title of “Couture” to be satisfied, as well as of the Chamber as guests of the invited fashion designers.
The inventor of the “Haute Couture”
What no one knows: the founder of The high tailoring, was no Frenchman, but an Englishman named Charles Frederick Worth. Already with 13 years he made an apprenticeship as a cloth merchant. Suggestions for your own creations he brought in the National Gallery; the garments on the portraits of the old masters inspired him to create the designs that he and his wife Marie, on the body tailored and the interest of numerous customers aroused. In 1851, got Worth on the first world’s fair, the Great Exhibition in London,” a gold medal for his creations. Four years later he was awarded at the Paris exhibition is also the first price for a Train similar coat.
All Haute Couture designs are custom-made
In 1858 he opened in France’s capital, in the “Rue de la Paix” has its own fashion house, where he evening gowns made of silver tulle and sequins created, he also already times with hearts or daisies decorated. Quickly, there was also the high aristocracy to its customers. Empress Elisabeth of Austria, called Sissi, or Queen Victoria were also with him tailoring, such as the celebrated actress Sarah Bernhardt. 1870 employees Worth already over 1,200 seamstresses.
Four times a year, he put on fashion shows its latest models, could then be the customer of your favorite dress with a fabric of your choice on your character had them custom make one. A novelty, because previously, it was common that a Designer according to the customers ideas tailored. Dresses from the house of Worth were extremely expensive and were only the richest ladies of the company is acquired – it has the Haute Couture to today nothing changed.
No skinny models more on the catwalk
This is the Haute Couture in the last few years, often in the criticism. Firstly, it is, unlike the Prêt-à-porter fashion from the pole, only for a few affordable, on the other, made the Models on the runway are usually anorexic impression. This is a bad example for young girls and is no longer tolerable, one thought in France. Therefore, the Parliament adopted in December 2015, a law that starving Models from the catwalk banished. The Mannequins have now before the Shows, a medical certificate is required. Who by his doctor as being too thin is classified, should not be for the major fashion houses of the world run. According to presented Versace at the opening show to their collection “Athletic Couture”, young women with emphasis on female characters.
There remains the question of who the extravagant models actually buys. But the Haute-Couture houses mention in the list of their clients in principle. But it is certain, that the world is only a few hundred super-rich buyers are, the regular Haute Couture afford.