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Hautecouture–sellingadream

HautecoutureisFrenchforhighfashion.Thistermreferstotheclothesthataredesignedby

someoftheworldstopfashiondesignersandhandmadetofiteachindividualclient.Of

course,hautecoutureisnotcheap,withpricesfromween£30,000and£150,000andeven

more.Itisbelievedthatthereareonlyabout30,000womenintheworldwhocanafford

hautecouture,andonly300whobuyregularly.Somepeoplearguethattodaysuchawaste

ofmoneycannotbejustifiedandthathautecoutureisnolongeranecessarypartofthe

fashionindustry.Otherpeoplearguethathautecouturekeepsthebusinessoffashionnew

andexciting.

Intimesofeconomiccrisis,spendingsuchlargesumsofmoneyonasingleitemofclothing

seemswrong.However,therewillalwaysberichpeopleand,byspendingmoneyon

individualhandmadeitems,theyareprovidingworkformanyskilledworkers.Traditional

handicraftssuchasembroideryandlace-makingbyhandarekeptalivebyhautecouture.In

thisrespect,hautecouturecanbethoughtofmoreofanartformthanjustaclothes-making

industry.

Anotherargumentagainsthautecoutureisthatitissimplynotneededintodaysworldof

fastfashion.Thisisanespeciallystrongargument,sincemosthautecouturedepartmentsof

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高级时装——梦想

Hautecouture在法语中是“高级时装”的意思。这个术语指的是由一些世界顶级时

装设计师设计并手工制作以适合每个客户的衣服。当然，高级时装并不便宜，价格在

3万到15万英镑之间，甚至。据信，世界上只有约30,000名女性能买得起高级时

装，而经常的女性只有300人。一些人认为，如今这种浪费金钱的行为是不合理

的，高级时装已不再是时尚业的必要组成部分。其他人则认为高级时装让时尚行业保

持新鲜和令人兴奋。

在经济时期，花这么多钱买一件衣服似乎是错误的。然而，