Haute Couture

Haute Couture, before today, I was pronouncing it "hot" couture because of that one clothing commercial(I forgot what company) but they kept saying things like "our clothes are haute(pronouncing it "hot"), yeah, we know how we said it, because our line is both!" Something like that. But apparently, it's pronounced "oat", so now I get to relive all those times I would say something was haute couture, thinking I was all cool, but nope. So, for those of you who have no idea what haute couture even is well here is the dictionary definition, “fashion that is constructed by hand from start to finish, made from high quality, expensive, often unusual fabric and sewn with extreme attention to detail and finished by the most experienced and capable sewers, often using time-consuming, hand-executed techniques.”  The term "haute couture" originates in France, and when translated, haute couture means "high fashion". Most of the time, haute couture doesn't refer to a single garment, but the designer behind it. So, when a designer or fashion company has the name "couture" at the name of it, it means that company or designer have earned the title. For a designer to qualify as haute couture, they have to always release a clothing line with at least 50 garments shown every season and also create outfits that are designed around the client with the client having multiple fittings. Because the clothes are hand-made, designers are putting in 100s of hours into a single piece. And because they're hand-made, they also are super expensive, costing even up to $100,000 and sometimes over that. When I buy a shirt from Forever 21, I debate if I really want to buy a shirt if it's over $12. Anyways, since it's so expensive, it limits its market to only those who can afford it, like celebrities and sugar babies.

2016 Paris Bridal Couture Runway

YolanCris | Haute Couture Fashion dresses

             

Oh and little side thing, I've been thinking about doing an outfit of the day since I started the blog so yeah, my outfits of the day will be posted on the right side-bar :)