Tag: Hollywood Couture
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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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Design patterns and fittings
An integral part of a couturier’s expertise involves the fitting of a garment properly. A good design may not necessarily be seen as a good design if it doesn’t fit properly and if it is unprofessionally finished. But almost everyone has come to accept ill-fitting clothing as being normal these days or is unaware of…
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1001 ways to wear jeans
Went to an exhibit opening last night which was professionally presented and obviously much effort was put in to make it an enjoyable experience. The executive director’s opening remarks, the background history by local eminent historian, and words from the curator and artist himself were so inspirational. Wine and hors d’oeuvres were served throughout the…
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Will the real Couture please stand up!
We were thrilled when EHC was recently invited to present the School’s programs and info about ‘Couture’ to fashion program instructors from the public and catholic school systems at the CTS Mini conference in Calgary this week. We had a great time – thank you to everyone who attended our one hour session and to…
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Fashion Portfolio for You
Hi Everyone, First of all anyone who has the need to create their own design portfolio may be interested in an interactive online portfolio which, to my knowledge, is rather a new concept here in Canada. The site itself is designed, owned and operated by Canadians (yay!) for the purpose of giving national and international…
Ecole Holt Couture - School of Couture Sewing & Design 