What are the differences between haute couture and ready-to-wear<

Haute couture

Haute couture is characterized by luxury clothing. Considered to be a true form of art, haute couture is not designed anyhow and by anyone! In France, haute couture is a designation protected by law. This is to protect the exclusivity and prestige that go with it.

The Chambre Syndicale de Haute Couture requires a number of criteria for a haute couture house to bear this title, in particular:

1. The clothes must be designed in the workshops of the house

2. In these workshops, there must be at least 12 people working there

3. The collections must be presented on a catwalk, twice a year, with at least 50 new models

4. Clothing must be presented by at least 3 models

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5. There must be a showroom, a place where clothes can be shown to loyal customers.

6. using a certain fabric area

Not only because of the enormous work that comes with a haute couture collection, but also due to enormous costs, most houses no longer make haute couture, but ready-to-wear

Haute couture is nowadays more than a sign of the know-how of the house in question.

Ready-to-wear

Unlike haute couture, ready-to-wear is not made to measure. The parts sold are finished products, with standardized sizes, which allows mass production.

Fashion houses make ready-to-wear collections so that they are available to the (general) public. These collections are visibly less expensive and exclusive compared to the haute couture collections.

Apart from the price, the collections are often less extravagant than the haute couture collections, precisely because we plan to make several copies of a garment.