Sentence examples for couture operation from inspiring English sources
While annual sales of Gaultier-branded products like sunglasses and his popular torso-shaped fragrances have been reported around $700 million over the last decade, those products are mostly licensed to other companies, and the royalties to the designer could not offset the costly couture operation he started in 1997 in addition to the new headquarters.
Pierre Berge, who presided over Saint Laurent for nearly 40 years before everything but the company's couture operation was sold to Gucci last year, thought he'd have a little fun with Tom Ford, Gucci's creative director, who was seated in the second row.
PARIS — A Paris court on Tuesday approved a turnaround plan for Christian Lacroix that could see the end of the fashion house's haute couture and pret-a-porter clothing operations.
Edward Burtynsky, the Canadian photographer, who specializes in large-scale, painterly aerial images that show the impact of humans on the environment, said of Steidl's operation, "It is like the haute couture of printing.
Haute couture, the bread and butter of Lacroix's operation, will never generate the kind of cash that perfume, accessories and ready-to-wear fashion do, and that's a big reason for the label's demise.
Diane Kruger's dress might have been a bit Disney Princess, but by opting for Christian Lacroix couture now the label has been reduced to a licensing operation, she showed she's serious abut clothes.
Sadly, Christian Lacroix, the couturier famed for his richly coloured, flamboyant designs, is no longer showing at couture week after being declared bankrupt and reduced to a licensing operation last year.
Haute couture takes time!
Couture is extremely particular.
