Category: tailoring
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April 2022 – Ecole Holt Couture update
Another new year! Spring is a time of renewal, and we are at last renewing too. We have taken considerable time to slow down and just breathe since last fall. Sorting through the chaos, recollect our thoughts, remember everything we have to be grateful for in these uncertain and volatile times, analyze what is worth […]
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September 21/2021 – Ecole Holt Couture
This photo shoot image was taken by Calgary photographer Aaron McCullough for our 2015 annual fashion event. All the garments you see on the model, draped over the sewing machine, and hung on the rack are created by Elfriede vintage couture except for one. I’ll leave you guessing which one for the moment. Our philosophy […]
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Ecole Holt Couture – Can we help you?
Do any of these predicaments resonate with you? Being an ardent admirer of authentic haute couture and while you attend vintage haute couture exhibits, the displays make your mouth water and your heart leap to just witness the artform with its high level of craftsmanship, ‘they look so perfect, no one can do that anymore!’ […]
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The Perfect Couture Size, is it a ‘thing’?
The perfect Couture size is a follow up from the EHC video: ‘This Thing About the Perfect Size‘. It explains what standard sizing is, why it was invented, and when it is required. But is has also become a marketing lure directed at label conscious or size snob buyers. For example, a size 0 suggests […]
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Indicators for success at Ecole Holt Couture
It is important to know beforehand if the career you’ve chosen to invest the time and money in is the best one for you. This short video may help you to decide whether a career in Couture, Tailoring or Dressmaking is appealing to you and whether Ecole Holt Couture is the right school for you. […]
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Did you Know? at Ecole Holt Couture…
Graduates at EHC receive their final awards for attending and completing 600 hours of instruction and 1800 [2400hrs] hours of practical [projects] lab-work for each of the Dressmaking and Couturier/Tailoring awards. EHC awards are printed with the graduate’s name, two official signatures, an EHC embossed seal, the date of issue, and possesses a unique serial […]
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Couture and Watermelon salad…
One of the greatest pleasures at Ecole Holt Couture is celebrating well deserved credit for the tremendous effort and progress that EHC students have made since beginning in September 2017. This year we are between Graduation goal posts, so we decided that a class luncheon date would be very welcome. Bonterra Trattoria in Calgary’s belt […]
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Ecole Holt Couture | This could be for you!
Our version of ‘string theory’, tells the story of how being successful in couture and tailoring doesn’t just rely on prevailing external factors, but rather on the resources you own and engage – such as your trained mind and your hands. To explain why EHC’s teaching and mentoring method is focused on more than just […]
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Lesson #2 – Petite is Powerful – tips for a great fit.
If you are like me, considered a petite size, then your proportions are slightly shorter from the shoulders to the waist than a standard size, and you all know what I think about ‘standard’ sizes. But being ‘petite’ may also reflect that you may perhaps be relatively shorter in stature than most of your contemporaries […]
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