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February 17, 2011April 12, 2011Colette

Gabrielle Chanel on Cristóbal Balenciaga

“[Balenciaga is] the only couturier. He is the only one who knows how to cut a fabric, and mount it and sew it with his own hands. The others are just draughtsmen.” — Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel From a placard at Balenciaga: Spanish Master, at the Queen Sophía Spanish Institute.

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January 25, 2011March 24, 2011Colette

Christian Dior

“In a machine age, dressmaking is one of the last refuges of the human, the personal, the inimitable. In an epoch as sombre as ours, luxury must be defended inch by inch.” — Christian Dior, 1957 As found in one of my favorite books, Couture and Commerce, by Alexandra Palmer.

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January 22, 2011March 24, 2011Colette

Pierre Balmain

“The classic way to design a dress is to work on it on a live mannequin.  A sketch is only the ignition of your inspiration, but the dress takes its true shape when made on the human form. I learned this cardinal rule from Molyneux, who saved me from architecture and gave me my start […]

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