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This thing about Size!
Far too many girls, boys, young women and young men, indeed even mature women and men have been stressed out and victimized by this notion of attaining a perfect size. It is an impossible war to win. Why are people constantly on reducing diets, driven to physical exhaustion in fitness training, and stressing out about […]
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Is Ecole Holt Couture the right school for me?
Is Ecole Holt Couture School of Couture Sewing and Design for you? I’ve been there, you know that point where you are frustrated because there is some piece of information you are missing, some skill that isn’t up to the standard you want it to be. You’ve got the ideas, the creativity, but you don’t […]
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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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EHC – 8 part Project Video Series – Inside the Studio
As we are making preparations to resume on-campus classes the beginning of September 2020, we wonder how it will all work out in the midst of physical distancing precautions, extra sanitising, and how to minimise time wearing a mandatory face mask during this Pandemic. We admit we don’t have it all figured out, and in […]
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2019 Ecole Holt Couture Showcase Event!
Sunday November 3rd is showtime! Every year Ecole Holt Couture supports and promotes is students by hosting a fashion event that includes a Student Exhibit with Reception and a Runway Show all within the price of the ticket. All this so that students can invite their family and friends to view and participate in their […]
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Who is top couturier / tailor / designer today?
Today our class reviewed the numerous talented individuals who brought dressmaking and sewing to a new and exclusive level labelled ‘haute couture’. From Charles Frederick Worth, who is noted to be the father of haute couture, and many other designer couturiers that have followed in the 100 years leading up to 2000 including Poiret and […]
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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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Couture Lives Here: École Holt Couture to Host Annual Showcase Nov 12th
JELLE PUBLIC RELATIONS·WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2017 Over the past year, I’ve had the privilege of working with École Holt Couture (EHC), school of couture sewing and fashion design. Not just an exceptional client, EHC is doing some exceptional things for fashion in Calgary. As far as the local “scene” goes, the school has undeniably made […]
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Conservation of Royal Wedding Dress
Originally posted on LV.Greyes Partnership:
Princess Patricia married The Honourable Alexander Ramsay on 27 February 1919. One of the first major royal events after WWI, the wedding was the focus of much public attention, and the beginning of a modern trend for royal marriages at Westminster Abbey. The wedding dress belonging to Princess Patricia… -
Me a model figure? Get real!
Ecole Holt Couture challenges the notion that couture made or tailor made garments should be presented by professional models on its runway. Each year we hear a few strong opinions following EHC’s annual fashion event on this subject. And they make a valid point. If you want to attract your market sector, sell your designs […]