{"id":2259,"date":"2018-07-06T10:05:26","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T09:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insider.utelier.com\/?p=2259"},"modified":"2019-07-05T12:51:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T11:51:11","slug":"haute-couture-designers-1900s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fashioninsiders.co\/features\/inspiration\/haute-couture-designers-1900s\/","title":{"rendered":"Haute Couture Designers Though the Ages: The 1900s"},"content":{"rendered":"
But while many associate haute couture designers of today with outrageous outfits at astronomical prices, it may be of interest to delve back into the past and explore the beginnings of this fashion art form.<\/p>\n
Haute\u00a0couture<\/strong>\u00a0(\/\u02cco\u028at ku\u02d0\u02c8tj\u028a\u0259r\/; French pronunciation: [ot ku\u02c8ty\u0281]; French for “high sewing” or “high dressmaking” or “high fashion”) is the creation of exclusive custom-fitted clothing. Haute couture can also be called the crossroads where high fashion and art dissect. The working structure of \u201cHigh sewing\u201d is comparative to how artists were employed throughout the ages such as Da Vinci, Michelangelo and Caravaggio, who without the support of their wealthy patrons would not have had the successes they had. Therefore, haute couture designers without high profile clients would not have made it to the fashion history books. Before couture became couture as we now know it what was happening in the world of fashion?<\/p>\n The history of haute couture began many years ago in the workshops of lowly dressmakers. Modern haute couture, as we know it in its present incarnation with bi-yearly fashion shows and brand extensions through franchising, was literally just around the corner.<\/p>\n However, back then dressmakers were employed, by their wealthy clients, to make clothing for their day and evening wear wardrobes. Gowns were made under the dictate of the client, with the dressmaker providing the cloth and the service. Things were about to change as the status of the dressmaker was raised to that of couturier by \u2018the father of haute couture\u2019 Charles Frederick Worth<\/a> in the 19th<\/sup> and early 20th<\/sup> centuries.<\/p>\n