Tag: Calgary fashion
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August 2021 – Ecole Holt Couture about ‘ONE’
It seems like a long time ago, and yet just like yesterday, since Ecole Holt Couture hosted its first fashion event ‘ONE’, that so many wonderful creatives contributed to making it a success. We’ve hosted many fashion events over the years, with all our treasured volunteers and creative experts, whom without the events would never…
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We’ve reached the end of Term! Sort of.
We’ve reached the end of term, as well as the end of the 2019-2021 Certificate Program. Sort of. Because of the accumulation of Covid19 restrictions during the last 18 months, putting us a little behind schedule, we haven’t actually completed the term. So we will continue our classes for another couple of months with a…
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Ecole Holt Couture Information Seminar
Ecole Holt Couture will be hosting its Information Seminar for those interested in enrolling, on Thursday April 14th from 7 to 9 pm. You must register for this free information seminar by email: info@ecoleholtcouture.com *Registration deadline date for the seminar closes Monday April 11th. [due to limited spaces available EHC reserves the right to reschedule…
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Happy New Year 2016!
We posted this one year ago, but still a good story to illustrate a point about the value of couture sewing skills…Happy 2016! I’ll leave this one with you as well: Without Craft, inspiration is a mere weed in the wind. Once upon a time there was a very rich man and his wife spending…
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Questions, questions and more questions at Ecole Holt Couture!
After being on a blog hiatus for a bit, we thought that we would start our blog back up in September 2015 with what we do with student’s questions, and we encourage our students at École Holt Couture – School of Couture Fashion Sewing and Design to ask lots and lots of questions. After all,…
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Couturier ‘String Theory’ – not just a Fable!
Most of the Students at Ecole Holt Couture have heard me tell a similar version of this Fable…. Once upon a time there was a very rich man and his wife spending some quality time together on their private south pacific island. Even with its remoteness it had every modern convenience. Solar panels for electricity,…
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Many Thanks and Plan B │ Organizing Fashion Events 13 Tips for Success
Event planning is a piece of cake – if you’re referring to ‘mille-feuille’, French for ‘a thousand leaves’. What we’ve learned over the past five years is just how extraordinarily fortunate we’ve been to enlist competent supportive individuals, and develop solid partnerships. Professionalism, artisanship, reliability, availability, generosity, and willingness all matter. EHC’s fashion event fundraisers…
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Ecole Holt Couture 2014 Presents – Youtube video trailer
At EHC we are very fortunate to have talented students with varied skills. ‘You’re Invited’ was created by one such student, Amy Zia, as a light-hearted look at what we do as couturiers! But, don’t be fooled, what we do is highly professional whether for special occasions or to create a functional and personal business…
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Fish leather!
At EHC we are always looking to use 1) natural fibers, 2) environmentally friendly and sustainable fabrics, 3) to recycle, re-purpose and up-cycle already-made garments. And every now and then we come across very interesting new products! We are thrilled with sea fish leather, which is prepared from skins that would otherwise be discarded from…
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EHC – Calgary Richmond Knob Hill Community ‘business of the month’ October 2014
As we plan and prepare for the fashion event we also sometimes have other news to share. Ecole Holt Couture has been selected as ‘business of the month’ for October, in its home community of Richmond Knob Hill in Calgary. Ecole Holt Couture’s Founder, Elfriede, has owned and operated her Couture and Tailoring business in…
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