Haute couture
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Haute couture is the creation of exclusive custom-fitted high-end fashion design. The term haute couture generally refers to a specific type of upper garment common in Europe during the 16th to the 18
Pierre Balmain adjusting a dress on model Ruth Ford in 1947 (photographed by Carl Van Vechten)
The annual Met Gala, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and organized by Vogue high-fashion magazine, hosts the largest haute couture fashion night annually.
Haute couture fashion models walk the runway during New York Fashion Week.
Chanel Haute Couture Autumn-Winter 2011–2012 Fashion Show by Karl Lagerfeld
Cristóbal Balenciaga
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Cristóbal Balenciaga Eizaguirre was a Spanish fashion designer, and the founder of the Balenciaga clothing brand. He had a reputation as a couturier of uncompromising standards and was referred to as
Haute couture
…in Worth's footsteps were Callot Soeurs, Patou, Paul Poiret, Madeleine Vionnet, Mariano Fortuny, Jeanne Lanvin, Chanel, Mainbocher, Schiaparelli, Cristóbal Balenciaga, and Christian Dior. Some of these fashion houses still exist today, under the leadership of modern designers. In the 1960s, a group of young protégés…
White cotton pique and black taffeta and organza evening gown (1951). Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Black bouclé wool chemise or 'sack' dress (1957). Rhode Island School of Design Museum.
Coats (c. 1960). Cristóbal Balenciaga Museum
Cristóbal Balenciaga Museum in Getaria