I absolutely, absolutely agree with you. There's a certain comfort, a certain euphoria that comes with seeing a person or a team of people doing exactly what it is that they're meant to and saw that here. Not going to lie, I definitely wept.
There was a time when seamstresses and tailors used similar techniques in their day-to-day work. I remember learning to 'tack' when sewing (the hand stitching on the collar and inside waist of this coat and of course suits and other solid garments) and making facings and what a difference it makes to an item. The prices weren't cheap but were reasonable because a coat would last you many years, often being passed on to someone else to wear.
Designers should give artisans the biggest respect. It is not easy to make creative patterns, sewing with passion and constructing every garment. Tailors/ artisans are the real artists of a fashion house
Don’t be fooled, this is wayyy harder than the Essence d’Herbier dress. This is the pinnacle of soft tailoring at its very finest. Absolutely marvellous work.
Where would one get training to be that skilled of a seamstress? Fashion design schooĺ, on-the-job training, taught by their mothers? Just incredible skill.
@@catheline51 I personally trained in the famous London menswear tailoring scene, which is why I can appreciate this work. However, this is couture, soft-tailoring at that, and especially Parisian couture has some very distinct techniques and attributes. The basics are the same, I would recommend the Newham College in London, that offers the Tailoring course the Savile Row houses demand potential employees pass before entering as an apprentice. From then, you can reorientate and try to get into one of the couture houses in Paris, where they will teach you first hand. You can also try to just get into one of the Couture Houses in Paris as an apprentice straight away, they will tell you if there is a course they think you should do first. This kind of skill is not taught at schools, and has never been, you really have to go where the wisdom sits, which is in the heart of Paris. But there are some amazing books on the specific couture skills, a very good author is Claire B. Schaeffer, check her out! And then, you just need to get sewing. There’s also an amazing Savile Row tailor here on UA-cam giving a tutorial on how to sew a full suit. Just look it up, you’ll find him, look for “how to sew a jacket” or something like that. When there is a will, there is a way! Good luck to you, we need new hands in the industry! Couture is dying, and fast fashion is taking over, which is an incredible shame. Best wishes!
@@dominicweber thank you for your speedy reply. Im retired and was just dreaming of having such superb skills. I actually lived in Paris in the 80's on assignment w/the American Embassy there. I know well Avenue Montaigne and all the fashion houses there. It was a great 4 yrs.
@@catheline51 you’re so welcome, and how fabulous to have lived there! If you just wanted to try for yourself, the books and the tutorials I mentioned are definitely a starting point. Believe me, nothing is impossible in the creation of garments, and you can definitely become a fine tailor even now, no matter your age. Just take up some fabric, and let your hands become accustomed to the magic of giving some pieces of cloth a soul. If you have a local tailor, I’m sure they’d be delighted to share their knowledge or even just chat and give some tips here and there to a fellow passionate couturier, especially in these lonely Covid-times. Wishing you all the best, do not give up!!
@@dominicweber Thank you! In the U.S. I seriously doubt any tailor would be willing to share their secrets. I now live in Las Vegas. Believe me...this is not Europe! I should add: after Paris I had assignments in the Middle East with the foreign service. I came across some of the most beautiful fabrics I had ever seen. I started collecting and combing the souks in Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Israel, India. Silks, jacquards, Indian saris, velvets. I have enough textiles for 3 lifetimes. I didnt buy them to make clothing. I like to do textiles/color collages and home decor stuff. When my daughter & I left Jeddah I was collecting as much as I could as I knew I'd never be back. She said "mom, if you buy any more fabric I'm leaving you!" She was 12 then. Haha. Textiles are my passion & I'll never part with many of them.
All you see are the models and the designers but the people who are sitting there for several hours a day, putting in a great deal of focus and attention to the clothes , making sure every stitch, every sequin, every seam is clean and intact - they are the true stars of fashion.
Dedication, craftsmanship, patients, talent and love of the trade...the magicians behind the vail of Dior’s conjurings are worthy of our admiration. Yes in my eyes it’s truly Magic.
Fabian Farbeyond ....these women and men are true masters’ of their craft. I have been sewing for 55 years, but to be able to create as these masters’ do is still an aspiration for me. FABULOUS! Magnifique!
I've always been marveled how the delicate dresses/jackets were done in the past. Without all sort of technology and helping mechanism, how they needle that intricate piece of embroidery and everything. Now I know. This is how they've done it. It really shows human ingenuity and artistic skill at its best. Hats off to these artisans who keep this tradition alive. Salute!
Some of them have been with Dior for more than 20 years. They all talk about how well they’re looked after by the ateliers. It’s like Facebook and Google. They’re the reason the company makes money.
Not only books, but they have all the samples of fabric, embroidery, prints and textures. Haute Couture takes archiving very seriously, but also keep it for themselves. As Yves Saint Laurent said: make clothes don't have any mystery, but many secrets.
@@dominicweber the books are in their private collection, not released to the public. However, Claire Schaeffer has a very good book in how to construct a "copy-cat" jacket. Be prepared; it takes about a week to put together from start to finish. www.amazon.ca/Couture-Cardigan-Jacket-Schaeffer-2013-11-07/dp/B0182QC0L0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1543509148&sr=8-2&keywords=claire+schaeffer
It’s just gorgeous! So much sewing by hand! I had no idea very little machine use! The stitches are amazing! I would like be able to make beautiful things like that all day long, a dream job for me.
LLC I think it’s a requirement of genuine couture that there be a certain percentage of the sewing done by hand. What we have in America is what I call “designer” wear, not couture.
I almost got emotional when she sewed in the label. How bittersweet it must feel to put the final touch on something that you’ve spent so much time with.
After taking my first sowing class last spring, watching this was visually stimulating. I'd love to touch the fabric of that coat and I wish to learn more about sowing in the future!
That’s why designers need to be hands on not just dictate every person in the pattern/ sewing/ construction room. It is hard to adjust everything once everything is sewn. Sorry occupational hazard lol
@@LAMODÉLISTE The whole point of what they do is make it up, refine it, make it up again, refine it more, maybe even change completely, make it up again. That's the point. Almost nothing we wear came from a first attempt in the workroom. The designer doesn't need to be hands on. S/he needs to be able to refine their design once it's made up and tell the sewing atelier what they want to change. The designer designs and refine. That's their job in a big House like that. Not sit around sewing.
The seamstresses probably sign all kinds of disclosure agreements that they will not copy any of the designs they work on. As we can see, this woman is apparently skilled enough to have a Dior-like wardrobe any time she might want it.
2:00 What is that brown-grayiss fabric thing? Is that lining fabric? What kind of fabric is that? Its looks like to make the coat stiffer and give some volume.
I remembered the similar red coat but shorter in length back in 90s at an high end shopping mall. It was very pricy but I never knew it was all human craft works till now........STF......
I think that if Monsieur Dior could look at what John Galliano and Raf Simons did at his house he would be proud, Galliano brought the drama and the dream whereas Raf brought simplicity and understated glamour, amazing
Could someone tell me the name of the beige cloth she wears under her clothes? what makes it have structure?. I was really interested. if anyone knew please let me know.
The level of details is enough to make me weep.... it's even more beautiful seeing the piece put together than seeing the finished product
I absolutely, absolutely agree with you. There's a certain comfort, a certain euphoria that comes with seeing a person or a team of people doing exactly what it is that they're meant to and saw that here. Not going to lie, I definitely wept.
There was a time when seamstresses and tailors used similar techniques in their day-to-day work. I remember learning to 'tack' when sewing (the hand stitching on the collar and inside waist of this coat and of course suits and other solid garments) and making facings and what a difference it makes to an item. The prices weren't cheap but were reasonable because a coat would last you many years, often being passed on to someone else to wear.
Sue Mead yes, fast fashion and the idea of buying clothes to use and then throw away did not exist. Our world is so fucked
Designers should give artisans the biggest respect. It is not easy to make creative patterns, sewing with passion and constructing every garment. Tailors/ artisans are the real artists of a fashion house
Well said
That part
I have thought this for a long time.
I have watched my mother doing this kind of job many times. It is art. Incredible work.
Don’t be fooled, this is wayyy harder than the Essence d’Herbier dress. This is the pinnacle of soft tailoring at its very finest. Absolutely marvellous work.
Where would one get training to be that skilled of a seamstress? Fashion design schooĺ, on-the-job training, taught by their mothers? Just incredible skill.
@@catheline51 I personally trained in the famous London menswear tailoring scene, which is why I can appreciate this work. However, this is couture, soft-tailoring at that, and especially Parisian couture has some very distinct techniques and attributes. The basics are the same, I would recommend the Newham College in London, that offers the Tailoring course the Savile Row houses demand potential employees pass before entering as an apprentice. From then, you can reorientate and try to get into one of the couture houses in Paris, where they will teach you first hand. You can also try to just get into one of the Couture Houses in Paris as an apprentice straight away, they will tell you if there is a course they think you should do first. This kind of skill is not taught at schools, and has never been, you really have to go where the wisdom sits, which is in the heart of Paris. But there are some amazing books on the specific couture skills, a very good author is Claire B. Schaeffer, check her out! And then, you just need to get sewing. There’s also an amazing Savile Row tailor here on UA-cam giving a tutorial on how to sew a full suit. Just look it up, you’ll find him, look for “how to sew a jacket” or something like that. When there is a will, there is a way! Good luck to you, we need new hands in the industry! Couture is dying, and fast fashion is taking over, which is an incredible shame. Best wishes!
@@dominicweber thank you for your speedy reply. Im retired and was just dreaming of having such superb skills. I actually lived in Paris in the 80's on assignment w/the American Embassy there. I know well Avenue Montaigne and all the fashion houses there. It was a great 4 yrs.
@@catheline51 you’re so welcome, and how fabulous to have lived there! If you just wanted to try for yourself, the books and the tutorials I mentioned are definitely a starting point. Believe me, nothing is impossible in the creation of garments, and you can definitely become a fine tailor even now, no matter your age. Just take up some fabric, and let your hands become accustomed to the magic of giving some pieces of cloth a soul. If you have a local tailor, I’m sure they’d be delighted to share their knowledge or even just chat and give some tips here and there to a fellow passionate couturier, especially in these lonely Covid-times. Wishing you all the best, do not give up!!
@@dominicweber Thank you! In the U.S. I seriously doubt any tailor would be willing to share their secrets. I now live in Las Vegas. Believe me...this is not Europe! I should add: after Paris I had assignments in the Middle East with the foreign service. I came across some of the most beautiful fabrics I had ever seen. I started collecting and combing the souks in Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Israel, India. Silks, jacquards, Indian saris, velvets. I have enough textiles for 3 lifetimes. I didnt buy them to make clothing. I like to do textiles/color collages and home decor stuff. When my daughter & I left Jeddah I was collecting as much as I could as I knew I'd never be back. She said "mom, if you buy any more fabric I'm leaving you!" She was 12 then. Haha. Textiles are my passion & I'll never part with many of them.
All you see are the models and the designers but the people who are sitting there for several hours a day, putting in a great deal of focus and attention to the clothes , making sure every stitch, every sequin, every seam is clean and intact - they are the true stars of fashion.
Great salute to the womens and mens in in the shadows
Asmae Rahouti
To the women and men without "s"😆
Maria Buzdugan you're right ,😁😁😁
They are called "petites mains" in France.... It means little hands.... Sewing hands .....
I am in awe of the incredible talent that goes on behind the scenes. They should walk the runway with designers for recognition!
Dedication, craftsmanship, patients, talent and love of the trade...the magicians behind the vail of Dior’s conjurings are worthy of our admiration. Yes in my eyes it’s truly Magic.
Fabian Farbeyond ....these women and men are true masters’ of their craft. I have been sewing for 55 years, but to be able to create as these masters’ do is still an aspiration for me. FABULOUS! Magnifique!
I've always been marveled how the delicate dresses/jackets were done in the past. Without all sort of technology and helping mechanism, how they needle that intricate piece of embroidery and everything. Now I know. This is how they've done it. It really shows human ingenuity and artistic skill at its best. Hats off to these artisans who keep this tradition alive. Salute!
I hope the workers get paid a lot for their tremendous hard work
Actually they don't
usually small groups are being paid very high as they're exclusive and private.
They actually make good money but years of apprenticeship b4 working on an individual piece.
These artisans make very good money from exclusive high end couture houses. This is not ready to make from oversea factories with dim light.
Some of them have been with Dior for more than 20 years. They all talk about how well they’re looked after by the ateliers.
It’s like Facebook and Google. They’re the reason the company makes money.
I wish these companies would put this all down in a book to preserve the knowledge.
Actually they do :)
Not only books, but they have all the samples of fabric, embroidery, prints and textures. Haute Couture takes archiving very seriously, but also keep it for themselves. As Yves Saint Laurent said: make clothes don't have any mystery, but many secrets.
Oh they do. Have been, since the start. They just don't release it.
@@nicolasdupont723 For example? Do you have titles?
@@dominicweber the books are in their private collection, not released to the public. However, Claire Schaeffer has a very good book in how to construct a "copy-cat" jacket. Be prepared; it takes about a week to put together from start to finish. www.amazon.ca/Couture-Cardigan-Jacket-Schaeffer-2013-11-07/dp/B0182QC0L0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1543509148&sr=8-2&keywords=claire+schaeffer
I am certain that these clips are calming a lot of COVID-cranky souls.
Oscar WILDE said: "Quality is remembered long after price is forgotten."
It’s just gorgeous! So much sewing by hand! I had no idea very little machine use! The stitches are amazing! I would like be able to make beautiful things like that all day long, a dream job for me.
LLC I think it’s a requirement of genuine couture that there be a certain percentage of the sewing done by hand. What we have in America is what I call “designer” wear, not couture.
This was an absolute pleasure to watch and see the amazing work that goes behind garments like these 😍
Damn I hope these couture ninjas get paid well! This is pure magic.
Beautiful. A real work of art. It couldn't be anything other than Dior.
Amazing truly awe-inspiring not just a coat but a work of crafted wearable art
I almost got emotional when she sewed in the label. How bittersweet it must feel to put the final touch on something that you’ve spent so much time with.
I Have NO Words!!!!! I'm Speechless .!!
Amazing tailoring! What a beautiful coat.
Absolutely beautiful craftsmanship!
Beautiful craftsmanship! Such a joy to watch! Thanks.
How can you not like this? This is beyond
perfection!
I love this coat, of my all times raf pieces, and i had never noticed the litlle pleat on the bottom of that sleeve
After taking my first sowing class last spring, watching this was visually stimulating. I'd love to touch the fabric of that coat and I wish to learn more about sowing in the future!
the same)
Sewing with an “e” dear 😊
Sowing is a very different activity from sewing ;)
Omg the music, this is so 😌 relaxing
Amazing!! Great job on the video as well team!
That was a superb exhibition. Thank you NGV for bringing Dior to Melbourne.
Great seeing how it all comes together and all the hidden details.
Hands can really do magic to make every people beautiful and feel amazing. Everyone of us can do magic too.
And afterwards they showed it to Raf Simons and he said “I sink dze collar should be little bit higher and dze length little bit longer”. 😂😂😂
That's a really hilarious comment Markus .
hahahahahahaha
That’s why designers need to be hands on not just dictate every person in the pattern/ sewing/ construction room. It is hard to adjust everything once everything is sewn. Sorry occupational hazard lol
Hahaha
@@LAMODÉLISTE The whole point of what they do is make it up, refine it, make it up again, refine it more, maybe even change completely, make it up again. That's the point. Almost nothing we wear came from a first attempt in the workroom. The designer doesn't need to be hands on. S/he needs to be able to refine their design once it's made up and tell the sewing atelier what they want to change. The designer designs and refine. That's their job in a big House like that. Not sit around sewing.
Absolutely beautiful!!! Thank you!! I am inspired to drape something for myself on my dress form.
Music just takes this video to whole another level ❤️❤️❤️
That show in it self was amazing
Great educational video on behind the scene of haute couture.
What a labour of love! Absolutely fabulous! 😍👏
WOW !!! Respect ! This is beautiful!!!
I have been always in love with Raf's work at the house of Dior
So Beautiful!!! The Designer Was Genius !!!
Talented people who work behind beautiful dress created by door. We should appreciate it well
Stunning. Incredible attention to detail and shape.
Wow, absolutely amazing. One woman doing the work, and others take the credit for it
Stunning, great workmanship
Beautiful clothes like this just melt me.
So elegant ♥️♥️♥️ it’s beautiful
AH! FRENCH FASHIONS!/ LA MODA!
ESPECIALLY FRENCH COUTURE!
LOVE "THE BAR SUIT! JACKETS! COATS! THANKS FOR POSTING!
It's so elegant! Amazing work!
Superb piece
That coat is "un délice"!
I could watch them all day long...
same!
A perfeição nos mínimos detalhes! Parabéns Dior!🥂🍾
Belíssima. Dedicação e Arte. Sou Grata
Amazing work!
Even without any logo we see this outfit has been made in the best luxury quality we can find at Christian Dior house....
Beautiful,definitely resembles beauty,the woman in red❤❤
This is Art!
I SWOON WITH PROUD, UNMITIGATED LUST AND AWE at this magnificent creation and the even more magnificently talented Seamstresses who built it. #OMG!!!
The seamstresses probably sign all kinds of disclosure agreements that they will not copy any of the designs they work on. As we can see, this woman is apparently skilled enough to have a Dior-like wardrobe any time she might want it.
Professional work
Bello el trabajo de las chicas de Dior . Toda una obra de arte.
It’s really lovely!
2:00 What is that brown-grayiss fabric thing? Is that lining fabric? What kind of fabric is that? Its looks like to make the coat stiffer and give some volume.
That coat is beyond exquisite. Its worth the $40, 000- $70,000
i really would love to work in couture, the amount of fine work that goes into hand sewing everything is just mesmerizing
It’s truly an art piece 🥰🥰🥰
Work of art
i wanna wear this so much
Hermoso trabajo!!
so fascinating to watch
Are they tacking the pattern marking in thread here
Thank you for these marvelous videos
That’s gorgeous! I want one!
Sooo beautiful work
Impeccabile e meraviglioso 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Intimidating magic 🤩
That was extravagant
Round of 👏 for the seamstress and the pattern makers....that's the hardest part of fashion design
Meu Deus que emoção! A roupa toda feita a mão ! Que DEUS TE ABENÇOE ABUNDANTEMENTE!😍🤩😘🙏🙏🙏
I love this coat.... Love Raf Simmons... I wish I could have it, and a Diorama bag :)
Stunning!!😍
Just lovely and delightful. Awesome women!
Yooo i m speechless 😍😍😍
Beautiful.
Adoraria saber que tecido é esse aí ,que foi usado
Absolutely Amazing & Stunning 👍🙏❤
Beatiful!!
Magnificento!!
Just wonderful
I remembered the similar red coat but shorter in length back in 90s at an high end shopping mall. It was very pricy but I never knew it was all human craft works till now........STF......
I think that if Monsieur Dior could look at what John Galliano and Raf Simons did at his house he would be proud, Galliano brought the drama and the dream whereas Raf brought simplicity and understated glamour, amazing
Gerardo Arenas and Maria sold bra and friendship bands with poor monsieur dior Name all over it
Amazing, exquisito... ♥️
Exelente calidad, y un esquisito gustó me fascinó 👏👏👏
Magnifique !
Who's music is this from? Thank you.
Me as a hobby seamstress: what are al these witch craft techniques I've never seen or heard off??
OMG!! Classy!
Could someone tell me the name of the beige cloth she wears under her clothes? what makes it have structure?. I was really interested. if anyone knew please let me know.
Interfacing
Does anyone happen to know what type of belt that is. Or what could be used as one ?
Шедевр!😍😍
Savrseno...prekrasno... ❤