If high fashion was born in France, she celebrates birthday twice a year - in late January and early July. The holiday lasts five days and is called the Fashion Week in Paris. In this week, which is the apotheosis of a six-month process of creating new collections, designers show all the original, luxurious and bold. The list of designers accredited Syndicate high fashion reminiscent list of winners of the Nobel Prize, and the number of requirements to be met by representatives wishing to be high fashion (haute couture - high fashion, or, as they say in Russian), can scare even the most ambitious.

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Fashion Haute Couture is also inseparable from France red wine, the morning croissants and the Eiffel Tower. Ironically, the founder of the concept of haute couture is a native of Great Britain, who came to Paris in the mid 19th century, and later opened his fashion house here. In the creation of fashion collections Charles Frederick Worth was guided largely by his imagination and taste, rather than the requirements of customers, as did many before him. Customers choose the color and fabric, and Mr. Worth was deciding what to do with them. Since the profession of tailor craft with strict rules evolved into an art form.

The revolutionary concept of haute couture emerged in the 1850s when Parisian fashion has become a model for the whole of Europe. The first beauty imperial courts, among them - the spouse of Napoleon III and the Empress Eugenie trendsetter, which brought to mind no one monarch - Elisabeth of Bavaria, shone at the ball exclusively in the writings of Mr. Worth.

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As the quintessential Parisian chic and elegance, haute couture fashion combines accurate to the millimeter cut verified, the most expensive fabric and thread, and long hours of work manually. It's a whole philosophy and culture of clothing adopted by a narrow circle of the elect - the number of people who wear real clothes haute couture, the world does not exceed a few hundred. However, the names of people who create fashion haute couture, known even to those who are far from the world of fashion. Among them - Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Cardin, Christian Lacroix and Jean Paul Gaultier. The style of each one is unique, and their work is sometimes limited to pure art - to the products of this work, the garments are obviously not suitable to be worn anywhere outside the podium.

Currently accredited Syndicate high fashion are: Stéphane Rolland, Franck Sorbier, Givenchy, Christian Dior, Christophe Josse, Atelier Gustavolins, Adeline André, Jean Paul Gaultier, Maurizio Galante, Chanel, Anne Valérie Hash. Accredited home haute couture, do not work in France: Elie Saab, Maison Martin Margiela, Giorgio Armani, Azzedine Alaïa, Valentino. The fact that they have been accredited, meaning that they are at least sew clothes for private clients order and twice a year in Paris are the new collection of clothing, consisting of not less than 35 different models. For French fashion houses it is a must have at least one studio in Paris with a certain number of workers. The full list of requirements for compliance with the rank of haute couture is much broader, and accreditation of the Syndicate of high fashion often requires a large investment in their business.

Meanwhile, haute couture, or high fashion itself is not profitable, and sometimes losing, no collections of ready-to-wear. Today, all known designers create such a collection, along with those who are not officially refers to representatives of high fashion. Therefore, it may seem that high fashion is more democratic and accessible, but the real fashion haute couture remains exclusive and does not aspire to democracy - otherwise the very notion of haute couture would lose its appeal.

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