Haute Couture originates from the French. The word Haute means elegant or high, while the word Couture can be interpreted as dress making. Haute Couture / Adibusana is a high-level clothing manufacturing technique that is made exclusively for clients with quality materials with unusual designs and details. In the world of fashion, Charles Frederick Worth has been named the father of haute couture. Haute Couture stems from Charles Frederick Worth's innovation in producing clothing with new methods through his fashion house Rue de la Paix in 1858. Every year Worth issues a different collection every year and is exhibited through fashion shows.
The Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture is the body that regulates the register of legitimate fashion houses called Haute Couture. Some of the criteria for the Haute Couture fashion house according to the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture, are as follows:
- Specially designed for private customers with at least one or more fitting processes.
- Have a workshop/ atelier in Paris employing at least 15 full time employees.
- In one workshop / atelier must have at least 20 fulltime skilled workers.
- Each season (twice a year, spring and winter) routinely presents fashion collections including at least 35 dresses for daytime and evening wear.
In addition, the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture regulates the protection of fashion piracy, international relations with fashion houses outside France, the schedule of fashion shows for each fashion house and also
education and trade. The criteria and standards for Haute Couture clothing were formulated in 1945 and redeveloped in 1992. Some of the fashion houses included in this body include Chanel, Christian Dior, Givenchy, Jean Paul Gaultier, Maison Martin Margiela, Reem Acra, Elie Saab, Valentino, Versace, Christian Lacroix, John Galliano, Alexander Mc Queen, and so on.