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Dresses to Dream About: The Paris Haute Couture Exhibition

We've got the inside scoop on Paris Haute Couture show…. Our Paris insider Richard Nahem, got up close & personal with his iPhone to take these exclusive pics for you. The stunning retrospective spans 150 years of haute couture with over 100 outfits selected from the 20,000 plus Musée Galliera collection. The Paris Haute Couture Exhibition presented by Swarovski at the Hotel de Ville/City Hall spans the history of haute couture in Paris from the late 1800s to the present time and designers include Chanel, Christian Dior, Worth, Yves Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, Poiret, Lanvin, Vionnet, Patou, Molyneux, Rochas, Nina Ricci, Schiaparelli, Jacques Fath, Grès, Balmain, Carven, Givenchy, Cardin, Courrèges, Jean Paul Gaultier, Lacroix, and Alaïa. Sketches, photos, and accessories are also exhibited. >>RELATED: FASHION

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Giorgio Armani Prive Fall 2012 Collection

Giorgio Armani Prive delivered the maestro's signatures a plenty for one classic collection Tailoring with soft, subtle feminine flourishes is the name of the game chez Armani and the designer managed to weave key trends into his latest outing from ombre to color-blocking to pajama dressing, it was all here. >>MORE: Armani In their words: Discover the enchantment of daylight hues – the continuous nuances of color, the playful contrasts between light and shadow. Magical moments of everyday beauty inspire an intense and tempered collection. >>HIGHLIGHTS: Couture Fall 2012 Giorgio Armani Prive Fall 2012 This is a collection, which from daybreak borrows shades of blues, lilacs and mauves, and which announces the coming luminosity of daylight with strokes of purple, paired with black velvet:

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Haute Couture Fall 2012- Highlights From The Runways

Fall 2012 Haute Couture runway highlights from Bouchra Jarrar, Giambattista Valli, Givenchy and Valentino Raf Simons debut collection for Christian Dior opening the Haute Couture Fall 2012 season made for one promising week with many of our favorite designers of the moment delivering collections that should work as brilliant inspiration come fall. >>Highlights from Men's Spring 2013 Collections From the directional to the feminine to the brazenly cool, this was one of the best couture seasons in years, making a strong case for the forever fledgling season. Giambattista Valli- Giambattista Valli Couture Fall 2012 Of the designers showing couture this season, Giambattista Valli brought with him one of the season's most fantastically feminine collections. Here, classic shapes exploded with lush

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Revisit: The Best of Haute Couture Spring 2012 to Keep You Dreaming

While the number of shows continues to shrink from season to season, the recent Haute Couture shows for Spring 2012 rigorously continued on with the regal, other-worldly appeal that couture has always made feel so ultimately exclusive. >>MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWSAnd although a new guard is slowly joining the ranks with collections that veer a tad bit too much towards the unnecessarily dramatic, there were a handful of top shows that offered thoroughly modern and gloriously conceived options for the elite princesses and glamor girls of the world and for us simple dreamers alike. Christian Dior- What a difference a few seasons of directing ready-to-wear for Christian Dior has made for Bill Gaytten as his second couture outing for Dior was a

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Giorgio Armani Prive- Haute Couture Spring 12

GIORGIO ARMANI PRIVE Haute Couture Fashion Show Photos / Runway Collection Spring / Summer 2012 Paris Couture Fashion Week >> More on Giorgio Armani Prive >> More featuring the Armani brand Complete Couture: S/S 2012 MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS  In their words... GIORGIO ARMANI PRIVE’ Spring/Summer Collection 2012 METAMORPHOSIS Nature’s gift to itself. An irresistible transformation into something new and surprising, with garments that reveal an unexpected sensuality. Unusual colours like chartreuse yellow, underlying thread that runs through the entire collection, are also used for the tulle lining that replicates every segment, every element of the garment. Swarovski micro crystals light up net jackets, revealing tantalising details of the body, or completely cover jackets, tunics and vests. Spiral cuts wrap around the body like

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Best of Haute Couture Fall 2011- Givenchy and Valentino

Runway Review- Paris Couture Fashion Week A girl's gotta dream....so here's some inspiration... For the very limited few who actually can afford to buy Haute Couture and for the actresses who gladly wear it on the red carpet, couture is a luxury that few will ever be able to feel on their bodies. So when given the opportunity to indulge in one of fashion's greatest fantasies, it may as well be gorgeous! Some faves... - SH >> MORE: Fashion Shows and Runway Reviews As the roster of Haute Couture designers continues to dwindle from season to season, Ricardo Tisci at Givenchy and Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli at Valentino offered two of the best collections from the recent

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Chanel Haute Couture

CHANEL HAUTE COUTURE Fashion Show Photos / Runway Collection Spring / Summer 2011 Paris Couture Fashion Week   Karl Lagerfeld said he had "Gossip Girl" star and new Chanel spokesmodel Blake Lively in mind when designing the spring-summer 2011 haute couture collection, which layered delicate hand-beaded jackets over skinny jeans and flats, as stated on AP   >> MORE: CHANEL Click on each picture for an enlarged view. Photos via focusonstyle.onsugar

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Red Carpet Maternity Chic- Natalie Portman in Givenchy Haute Couture

I'll Have What She's Having: Perfect styling for a pregnant figure All eyes are on what pregnant Natalie Portman will wear to tonight's Oscars. But, let's take a pregnant pause as to what the Oscar-nominated acress wore last night to the 26th Film Independent Spirit Awards. Why? Because it is perfect maternity chic styling for a dressy night out. Natalie Portman wore an empire-cut, short, full-skirted dress in beige silk chiffon and pleated cotton poplin incrusted with acid yellow lace from Givenchy Haute Couture by Riccardo Tisci outfit. SHOP: Maternity Style The empire-cut dress is one of the best, if not THE best, style to flatter a pregnant figure- whether it be speifically a maternity dress or a just a lasrger size.The contrasting belt below the

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Best of Haute Couture Spring 2011

Runway Review: Paris Couture Fashion Week Givenchy, Bouchra Jarra, Valentino I don't if it's because of the mass appeal of Juicy Couture or simply the way its meaning evolves as it filters into mainstream vernacular, but "haute couture" although commonly perceived as a custom item of clothing of any sort or price, in actuality is a term protected by law and defined by the Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Paris with very specific rights. Haute couture is a luxury allowed to a privileged few. Naveed Hussain, brings you his thoughts on the Spring 2011 Best of Haute Couture. -- S.H. A look at the Spring 2011 Haute Couture Paris shows only leads one to further reevaluate the basic relevance

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Best of Haute Couture Fall 2010 – The Glamour, The Fantasy, The Allure

As we prepare for the Spring 11 Fashion Weeks, we reflect the unimaginable beauty of what was Haute Couture Fall 2010 Naveed Hussain has spent some time digesting the magnificence of all that is available for only a privileged few. Haute Couture has been a tireless subject of debate. While many like to continually point out it's weak sales across the board and diminishing relevance in society. Although that may be the case, wasn't it always? Isn't couture about that unattainable and highly elusive luxury item we all like to dream of having? Hasn't globalism made "luxury" too readily attainable? The nine designers who showed for Haute Couture Fall 2010 clearly understand the craft beautifully. However, there were four contributions

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ELIE SAAB – Haute Couture

ELIE SAAB Haute CoutureFashion Show Photos / Runway Collection Spring / Summer 2010 Paris Couture Fashion Week AQUATIC GARDEN COLLECTION   The haute couture runway at Elie Saab brims with ethereal and breathtaking beauties in iridescent and delicate veiled layers inspired by the Impressionist art movement. The magical and dreamlike collection is destined to float on a Red Carpet. Click on each picture for an enlarged view. In their words... For spring, Elie Saab offers an Impressionistic study in transparency and lightness. A slender ingenue awakens in a bed of flowers. Like a pointillist, she dresses by touches, sprinkling lilacs and pastel flowers over veils of lace. In keeping with her youthful spirit, the designer explores iridescent color and layering,

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GIORGIO ARMANI PRIVE: Haute Couture

GIORGIO ARMANI PRIVE Haute CoutureFashion Show Photos / Runway Collection Spring / Summer 2010Paris Couture Fashion Week "NEW MOON " Collection If there ever was a collection destined for the stars of the red carpet, Mr. Armani's 'New Moon' would be it. If only so the wearer of the gowns would pose to grant us the lingering moments to reflect the exquisite beauty and other-worldy construction of these radiant and luminescent gowns. Bravo! Click on each picture for an enlarged view. Anne Hathaway --> Elsa Pataky --> Tina Turner, Giorgio Armani, Elsa Pataky --> Anne Hathaway, Giorgio Armani, Roberta Armani --> In their words... GIORGIO ARMANI PRIVE / NEW MOON COLLECTION / SPRING - SUMMER 2010 / PARIS COUTURE FASHION

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