Tag: couture school
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Happy Mother’s Day!
A call went out to the students at EHC for inspiration for this week’s weblog – they came back with the theme of Mother’s Day. Looking into the origins of this celebration I came across several versions of its history and its varying celebratory traditions. But, it is important just to recognize the contributions of […]
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Act of Genius or Progressive Solution
This topic came up in class at EHC regarding ‘haute couture’, related to a newsletter article, and was worth looking into more closely. Are fashion designers born geniuses or is it a matter of learning? Designer Madeleine Vionett is considered to be a design genius for her bias cut methods, which was fundamentally different from […]
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The tailor makes the Man
The 3rd year students at EHC are studying men’s tailoring in this Term, and have been introduced to the styles and protocols of what and how to dress men appropriately; the importance of which can not be overstated for future tailors. Where did all these rules come from? As the curator at the Lougheed House […]
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Couturiers and Tailors Jobs!
EHC is training Couturiers and Tailors – specialists in fashion production According to a 2011 Canadian Labour Market Information Study, prepared by Milstein & Co Consulting Inc for Apparel Human Resources Council in March 2011: The (Canadian) apparel industry could require possibly as many as 7,000 trained production personnel in the next 18 to 24 […]
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Couturier Magic
One of the differences between a fashion designer and a couturier is that a designer may not be able to turn their creation into workable realities on their own without the help of the pattern maker, or have sufficient knowledge of fabrics and their properties along with respective technical structuring methods and skills. These other experts […]
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Draft your own Patterns
Have you ever wondered how it is possible to draft you own pattern without copying or modifying a commercial pattern, must you use a wiz bang 1-2-3 step computer program? And how are patterns designed in the first place? Whether sold for home sewers, enthusiasts or hobbyists patterns are all first created by someone. Using […]
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Fashion Week 2012
Citation from Couture in the 21st Century (book): “Dior has had the most profound influence on fashion history. You read about the New Look in school history books, which is a pretty rare thing for a fashion collection. He transformed the whole mind-set of women on how they wore clothes. They went from frugality and […]
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Couture – a symphony of skills
One pointed question which we receive at EHC frequently is why must everyone start at the beginning if one already has some education or experience in sewing or design? Just to clarify it is EHC’s policy – that all ‘new registrants’ to Ecole Holt Couture School of Couture Sewing and Design begin in the first […]
Ecole Holt Couture - School of Couture Sewing & Design 