"Haute Couture"

 Most of the time haute couture is misinterpreted, but that's ok because we all do it sometimes. Haute couture is a piece made by hand with expensive fabrics, different hand techniques and only by experienced sewers. haute couture also has really nice details which can be really time consuming. Haute couture doesn't always refer to clothing, it can refer to the fashion designers or fashion houses that create the looks. that is why you will see couture added to a fashion designers and fashion house's names at the end. when you are going to call a piece haute couture, it really isn't haute couture until it goes through criteria. you would have to make a design made to order for a private client and make a ton of fittings, have a workshop in paris that employs at least 15 staff full time, 20 full time technical people in one work place, and you have to present a collection of 50 original designs to the public both day and night garments for every season in January and july of each year. The list of designers who create haute couture isn't that big. Ellie Saab, Karl Lagerfeld, Versace, Christian Dior and Chanel are some big names who produce haute couture. Considering that you have to make a haute couture piece by hand, it takes a really long time. It would take 100 to 700 hours to create just one couture dress. due to the amount of time put into the piece, it would cost about $10,000 or up to $60,000.