Couture

None of your questions matter, OP. That coat is the very definition of wearable heaven.

To bring this full circle, the first model out of the gate in the show for that collection is Karlie Kloss, who later replaced Heidi Klum on “Project Runway”.

I’m surprised all those seamsters are wearing so much finger jewelry - I would think they would be concerned with snagging such delicate fabric.

And they all have them - is it actually worn to steady the fingers?

I don’t know... but I bet there are certain settings and designs they avoid. Probably it’s all smooth. There may be workroom guidelines.

If you damage anything your hand may be chopped off (??) so I doubt they take many risks.

[italic]What's only two replies doing in this thread??

ANSWER ME!

I show you beautiful dresses and you treat them like some dishrag! You do!

My god that video was fascinating. Did you read the comments? the nephew of the "premiere" was answering questions. This coat was from Galliano's last collection for Dior and when he was fired, she quit as well. Since premieres are so valued, she had no problem finding a new position.

I wonder if anyone ordered the coat, the number of private clients for couture is very limited. I think I read it was about 200 worldwide. Sad to think after weeks of work, the sample just goes into a vault after the show and then, hopefully, eventually be exhibited in a museum a few times. It really is a masterpiece of art and engineering.

[quote] I’m surprised all those seamsters are wearing so much finger jewelry - I would think they would be concerned with snagging such delicate fabric. And they all have them - is it actually worn to steady the fingers?

If you’re used to wearing them, then their removal might throw you off more keeping them on.

I remember as a kid hearing about Irish designer Sybil Connolly, who got a foothold in the USA in the 50s with a feature by Harpers Bazaar

Gillian Anderson in a vintage Sybil Connolly dress at a 2012 event.

"AND if you did own it, wouldn’t you be a bundle of nerves WEARING it? One stray cigarette, and - -"

Stray cigarette? Pffffffffff! Amateur. Whenever a social x-ray donated a gown to the Met Collection, they had to clean VOMIT off the dresses.

Can't fit into those size 0s without a little drunken bulimia, dear.

This is a breezy video that covers some major points of Haute Couture - one of them often being, as is seen in the Galliano for Dior coat, an extravagance in the garment’s conception and embellishment that makes it obvious that this is no off-the-rack item.

She also mentions that a brand does not expect to make a profit off its couture division. It is there to bring renown, image, and attention to the label, which are them imparted to their perfume, their sunglasses, their ready-to-wear collections, etc. Only 200 real customers may be in a position to order than coat, but when other, regular people put on a Dior scent, they may associate it with the memory of seeing something extraordinary like that coat, and that gives the product they do buy a sense of luxury and magic.

ok, having read the comments I referred to in r6, the "200 clients" doesn't mean that only 200 women in the world are wealthy enough to pay $50,000 for a coat or a half million for an evening gown. It means that due to the amount of time it takes to construct these clothes, the design house can only accommodate 200 clients' orders and still create two fashion shows of 35 looks each per year. So there is a huge competition to be admitted to a designer's client list since the 1% is expanding (at the expense of the rest of us). The pecking order is about what you'd expect, royalty and aristocracy, then old money and long time clients of the house, then new money and "celebrities" are last.

As a side note, the premiere described Zac Posen as the Kardashian of fashion.

Shelley Winters wrote in her first book that she splurged on a Paris couture dress once and after all the fittings were over, she only wore it two or three times. I don’t remember why.

But I think she said it had a black velvet bodice, and a black and bronze striped satin skirt. (Why I can remember this but not where I put my keys, I can’t explain.)

[quote]she splurged on a Paris couture dress once and after all the fittings were over, she only wore it two or three times. I don’t remember why.

Because she got FAT.