http://couture.channelreview.net Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:54:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://couture.channelreview.net/2009/07/haute-couture/vivienne-westwood-fall-09-collection/ http://couture.channelreview.net/2009/07/haute-couture/john-galliano-fall-09/ Grasse,a small province in France is the center of French perfume industry and is world's perfume capital.The movie Perfume-Story of a murderer was shot in the same province.The movie is based on a novel by Patrick Süskind.The novel explores the sense of scent, and its relationship with the emotional meaning ... http://couture.channelreview.net/2009/04/haute-couture/perfumeswhere-do-perfumes-come-from/ Mary Phelps Jacob invented the first rudimentary bra and made brasseries for friends and family for about a year.She also patented them under the company 'Caress Crosby' in 1914.In the same year she sold those rights to Warner Brothers Corset company for $1500. Cautious-Invention.. In 1912 the word brassiere entered the oxford ... http://couture.channelreview.net/2009/04/fun-facts/bra-story/ Haute couture is high-fashion/high dressmaking fashion design genre,a protected term which can only be officially used by companies/designers that meet certain well-defined established standards set by the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture. Contrary to mass production a "couture product" is time-consuming and is made from high-quality,expensive/custom-made fabric,sewn with extreme attention ... http://couture.channelreview.net/2009/01/haute-couture/what-is-haute-couture/ When zips in clothing were tentatively introduced to Britain in the 1920s, people were worried about their reliability. To allay these fears, a huge zip was put on show at the Wembley Empire Exhibition of 1924. By the end of the exhibition, it had been zipped and unzipped three million ... http://couture.channelreview.net/2009/01/tid-bits/tid-bit1/ list of top global fashion capitals: Paris, London, Milan and New York, Tokyo,Hong Kong,Los Angeles, Melbourne,Rome, Rio de Janeiro, Shanghai, and Sydney. http://couture.channelreview.net/2009/01/fun-facts/global-fashion-capitals/ False eyelashes were invented for Hollywood producer D.W. Griffith who wanted to enhance Seena Owen's eyes for a 1916 film. The eyelashes were made out of real human hair. Today's average woman uses 6 pounds of lipstick in a year but few of them know that one ingredient frequently used in ... http://couture.channelreview.net/2009/01/fun-facts/fun-fashion-facts/ one of the world's most innovative shoe designers, transforming the conventional look and fit of the shoe. He explored not only innovative design, but also the technical structure of the shoe. Ferragamo acquired the basic skills of shoe production while apprenticed to the local village cobbler in Bonito.He emigrated from his ... http://couture.channelreview.net/2009/01/international-designers/salvatore-ferragamo/ Coco Chanel: Togging the glacial clime with debonair infatuation for demure vesture with uber relish, serving your sense an enchantment and beckoning penchant for city-bred worldliness. Glorifying chic with techno twist and medallion coalesce. Reviving the nascency of women-lore in her most benignant chasm. Rendering clemency wonting fleece and boucle with ... http://couture.channelreview.net/2009/01/international-designers/coco-chanel/