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3 unusual facts about Haute couture


Ann Scott

At 18, she turned to fashion modelling for three years and was one of the first tattooed fashion model to break through in prêt-à-porter and couture in the eighties.

Cécile Pelous

Cécile Pelous is creative designer for couture houses in Paris including Dior, Lacroix, Nina Ricci, Yves Saint Laurent, and Galliano.

Michel Tcherevkoff

Working as the creative eye for important clients, Tcherevkoff has created a couture dress made from toothbrushes for Johnson & Johnson, a massive “sensorium” where visitors could experience fragrance visually for Firmenich, morphed a salad spinner into an amusement park ride for Bed Bath and Beyond.


Alexandre Birman

Alexandre Birman (born October 1, 1976) is Brazilian footwear designer and founder of his self-titled couture brand, "Alexandre Birman".

Bouffant gown

It was fully revived in tea-length designs in 1947 by Christian Dior's New Look couture collection.

Daimaru

In 1998, Daimaru entered into a partnership with the French grand couturier Dominique Sirop to produce Dominique Sirop for Daimaru, a high fashion prêt-à-porter (ready-to-wear) label.

Stuart Stockdale

After working for French haute couture designer, Jean Paul Gaultier, where he was responsible for creating the pret a porter collection and worked on various special projects such as costumes for Kylie Minogue's tour, he returned to London to take up a position as Design Director of Jaeger where he was responsible for the creative direction of the entire brand.


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Adeline André

After her graduation in 1970 she entered the House of Christian Dior as an assistant for Haute Couture collections, working next Marc Bohan.

Alana Zimmer

Zimmer has also been in several Haute Couture shows, that include such designers as Chanel, Givenchy, Valentino Christian Dior and Giorgio Armani.

Ania Szado

The story is told through the remembrances of two women, his wife Consuelo de Saint Exupéry and the fictional young fashion designer Mignonne Lachapelle, who comes from Montreal to make her name in the early days of American haute couture.

Iris van Herpen

Since July 2011, she is a guest member of the prestigious Parisian Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture, which is part of the Fédération française de la couture.

Julien Fournié

After experience at Nina Ricci, he moved to Christian Dior, where he worked on accessories with Jean Mouclier, then at Givenchy haute couture.

Marc Bohan

In 1954, Bohan was offered a job at Jean Patou, designing the haute couture collection, where he stayed until 1958.

Mincing Lane

It appeared briefly in Disney's 1996 live-action movie 101 Dalmatians as the exterior of Cruella De Vil's haute couture fashion house, "House of DeVil".

Seelenluft

"Comme Dans Un Rêve" from the album was featured in the Fall/Winter 2008/9 Haute Couture Fashion Show for Chanel.

Yasmin Le Bon

In January 2012, Le Bon wore a 110 pound gown in the Stéphane Rolland spring/summer Haute Couture show in Paris.