Couture Fashion Week, New York 2011

"The idea of seeing everybody clad the same is not really my cupof tea"

Christian Lacroix
Couture Fashion week is right around the corner, days before Voyage to Utopia! 

On February 18, 19 and 20 at the Waldorf Astoria Grand Ballroom 3rd Floor at 301 Park Avenue, New York City, many will take their seats (VIP seats if you have $4,000 to spare), watch as the runway illuminates and become enchanted by breath taking Haute Couture.

Costume and Fashion history would not be the same without Haute couture. For those who don't know Haute Couture is a French phrase for 'high fashion'. 'Couture' meaning dressmaking, sewing, or needlework and 'haute' meaning elegant or high, so the two combined imply excellent artistry with the fashioning of garments.  

Don't get too excited though because the price tag is not a friendly one. The purchase of a haute couture garment is at the top level of hand customised fashion design and clothing construction made by a couture design house.  A haute couture garment is made specifically for the wearer's measurements and body stance.  The made to measure exclusive clothes are virtually made by hand, carefully interlined, stay taped and fitted to perfection for each client. 

Couture is about taking imagination to its limits. The are no boundaries with Couture and that what makes it do beautiful. The freedom expressed in couture fashion is one that can only be witnessed first hand, that's how difficult it is to describe. Its more than just expensive fabric.

If I could I would wear couture everyday!

Check out the line up for Couture Fashion Week Designers '11 (Click Here)

One of my favorite couture designers (who is featured) is Nigerian designer Zizi Cardow!