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Haute Couture

Scope NY-- Desire Obtain Cherish: Drugs, Fame, and Art

Lisa Derrick | Posted 04.10.2013 | Arts
Lisa Derrick

Beyond a brand -- fine art blends with street, pop, conceptual and appropriation art with razor's edge, using contemporary commerce as a model and as as contextual base for the art, it's manufacturing and its marketing, commenting on social stratification.

PARIS HAUTE COUTURE; A Magnificent Exhibition

Evelyne Politanoff | Posted 05.07.2013 | Arts
Evelyne Politanoff

For the first time ever in Paris, fashion capital of the world, an exhibition is bringing together a hundred haute couture dresses and outfits by desi...

A Fashion Don't: Why Partnerships Between Luxury Brands and Mass Retailers Often Fizzle With Certain Style-conscious Shoppers

Renée Richardson Gosline | Posted 12.15.2012 | Business
Renée Richardson Gosline

Clothing is more than what we wear, it's how we tell the world who we are. And for fashion omnivores, it's one way in which they display their skill.

Yiqing Yin: 'Spring of Nüwa'

Evelyne Politanoff | Posted 07.16.2012 | Style
Evelyne Politanoff

After In Carne showed on January, Spring of Nüwa, Yin's new Autumn-Winter 2012-13 collection re-imagines the female form in a world of purely mineral and vegetable composition.

PHOTOS: Princess Charlene Sits Front Row At Christian Dior Couture

Posted 07.02.2012 | Style

Today's a big day in the land of couture, a.k.a. Paris: Raf Simons made his Christian Dior debut! After months of designer musical chairs and the l...

PHOTOS: Milla Jovovich Channels Elizabeth Hurley's Biggest Fashion Moment

Posted 07.02.2012 | Style

It's nice to know that some things never change. Milla Jovovich swanned into the Atelier Versace couture show on Sunday, the first of Paris' coutu...

Jean Paul Gaultier

Terence Clarke | Posted 08.18.2012 | Arts
Terence Clarke

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Fashion: Why Is It Important?

Katherine LaGrave | Posted 08.04.2012 | Style
Katherine LaGrave

Fashion can be two things: It can be as simple as something you put on to make yourself feel beautiful, or as dynamic as something illustrative of culture, time and its transformations.

What Is Haute Couture?

Shannon Bindler | Posted 05.30.2012 | Style
Shannon Bindler

True haute couture is incredibly hard to come by. Even high-end designers like Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel or Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton rarely desig...

How the World Has Changed: It Is Now One. How the Fashion World Has Changed: It, Too, Is Now One.

Vicky Tiel | Posted 06.04.2012 | Style
Vicky Tiel

World Wide Fashion is the new real democracy. I decided to join the world: I will be the first French couturier to sell dresses on HSN.

Fashion as Art: Exploring the Futuristic Creations of Iris van Herpen

Evelyne Politanoff | Posted 05.23.2012 | Arts
Evelyne Politanoff

Fashion designer Iris van Herpen is renowned for her combining traditional craftsmanship and diligent handwork with unconventional materials such as synthetic boat rigging, processed leather sorts and the whalebones of children's umbrellas to create visually stunning outfits.

Amy Winehouse's Family Upset Over Gaultier Runway Show

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 01.27.2012 | Style

The most memorable of this week's Spring 2012 couture shows was undoubtedly Jean Paul Gaultier's homage to Amy Winehouse. The irreverent French design...

PHOTOS Celebrities Are Definitely Not Like Us...At Paris Couture

The Huffington Post | Christina Anderson | Posted 10.11.2012 | Style

The couture shows just wrapped up in Paris. Haute Couture is the highest-end fashion imaginable, where everything is made-to-order, by hand, and usual...

How Crazy Do You Like Your Couture?

The Huffington Post | Brooke Bobb | Posted 01.26.2012 | Style

17 Crazy Looks From The Spring 2012 Haute Couture Shows In Paris (PHOTOS)

PHOTOS: Cameron Diaz Shows Couture Week Who's Boss

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 03.26.2012 | Style

When Couture Week kicked off with the Versace show on Sunday, we were a bit perplexed to see the guest list. Diane Kruger was there, of course, sh...

PHOTOS: Jean Paul Gaultier Creates Amy Winehouse Bride

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 01.25.2012 | Style

From the beehive hair and the cat-eye liner to the varsity jackets, corset tops and cigarettes, Jean Paul Gaultier's couture show was all about Amy Wi...

PHOTOS: Vanessa Paradis Shows Up For Chanel

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 01.24.2012 | Style

Despite last week's media frenzy over her supposed split from Johnny Depp, Vanessa Paradis braved the paparazzi cameras at today's Chanel Couture show...

PHOTOS: Did This Couture Designer Rip Off Alexander McQueen?

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 01.23.2012 | Style

It's not rare for designers to find inspiration in earlier designers' work (read: every designer and her mother who has referenced Christian Dior's Ne...

Molto Valentino: Meet the Creative Directors

Tess Ghilaga | Posted 01.21.2012 | Style
Tess Ghilaga

Rome is a myth, like Valentino -- our past as accessories designers has always given us the desire to create iconic, timeless objects that can also be used in a contemporary way -- beauty and dreams are part of our history as well as Rome's.

Who Really Buys Couture?

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 12.07.2011 | Style

Haute couture is traditionally associated with Paris and European glamour. But with a worldwide economic downturn and couture falling more and more ou...

When Fashion Meets Art: The Top Exhibits

The Huffington Post | Analise Roland | Posted 09.14.2011 | Home

Whereas other art may be confined to the halls of museums, there is one type that is created by the human form and lives on it: fashion. The most powe...

PHOTOS: Top 10 Trends From The Couture Shows

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 09.08.2011 | Style

Haute couture season has wrapped up in Paris, meaning we've got lots of crazy looks to ogle and imaginary wish lists to make (you know, for all those ...

PHOTOS: Vogue Editors Banned From Azzedine Alaia's Runway Return

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 09.07.2011 | Style

It was a triumphant return to the runway for Azzedine Alaïa, who presented his first couture collection in eight years on Thursday. The collection, ...

PHOTOS: The CRAZIEST Couture Show?

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 09.06.2011 | Style

Newsflash: we may have found the nuttiest couture show this season. Dutch designer Iris Van Herpen presented her Fall/Winter 2011 Haute Couture coll...

Boys Just Wanna Have Fun

Cameron Silver | Posted 09.05.2011 | Style
Cameron Silver

I may be the founder of a vintage couture store, but I am not a wearer of vintage couture. I do have an extensive collection of men's vintage designer clothing, but Haute Couture has usually been for the girls. Until today, that is.