High Fashion: these are the criteria for Haute Couture

pop stars Rihanna (30, right) celebrated their annual Diamond Ball in New York and wore a white Ensemble from Alexis Mabille Couture

Chanel, Gucci, Armani, Dior - all of them, and still belong to the greatest fashion designers of all times. The clothes from their studios is considered to be the Highest, what it has to offer, the art of tailoring. The High-Fashion Shows in London, Milan, Paris and New York speak for themselves. However, not every time-consuming and expensive creation is equal to Haute Couture.

unlike in the late 1950s, and established the Prêt-à-porter fashion Haute Couture (French for "fine tailoring") for many by two things: Luxurious fabrics and high prices. This is true in part, but in order to retain its fashion-as a Haute Couture indicate, has to meet a fashion house far more criteria.

This is taken from the K. O. - criteria

Strictly, only those are allowed to refer to yourself as a "Maison de Couture", the get from the Paris Fashion Union "Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture" the title awarded. In order to receive this award, you must Sultanbet offer a fashion house custom-made, handmade and unique. The Designer must also have an Atelier in Paris with at least 15 employees working. Who now thinks, that's it, you are wrong.

All year

For the Haute Couture Shows spring - summer and autumn-winter collections, you need to design the "Grand Couturies" each season of 35 new models, and present. That's not just any designers applying for inclusion in the Elite Association, there is another obstacle: newcomers must be proposed by a full member. But the old-timers must apply again each year. To be creative and to use expensive fabrics and accessories, it is not enough so Far.

Legal restrictions there would be. The term "Haute Couture" is protected in France since 1945, legally and that will not change so quickly. Speaking of change: Whether it is Haute Couture or Prêt-à-porter, fashion is subject to constant change, as well as Chanel Designer Karl Lagerfeld white: "Even if fashion goes out of fashion, is the fashion again."