Top 10 Most Expensive Fashion Brands in The World For 2011

Here we are telling you guys about the top ten Expensive Fashion Brands,
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10. Herme`s

It is a French Brand which is known for its making of outstanding and stunning bags and scarves. There perfumes are lovely and the leather they use is so soft. This brand makes arounf 2 billion dollars annually.

9. Versace

Gianni Versace was founded in 1978, it is an Italian brand. This brand gained popularity after its boutique and now its among one of the top and expensive brands of the world.

8. Christian Louboutin

This designer brand makes shoes for women and the shoes are BREATH-TAKING! Their shoes are kind of unique because all of the shoes which they make have red soles. They say that there aim is to make women feel confident and needless to say that if she can afford these shoes, isn’t she on the top of the world?

7. PRADA

“DEVIL WEARS PRADA” seriously! This brand is a status symbol, a fashion icon. This has been manufacturing leather accessories, hats and shoes. It generates around 1.7 billion dollars a year.

6. Christian Dior

This brand shares in LVMH and was launched in 1946. It has 160 retail stores all over the world. It generates around 18 billion dollars a year.

5. Fendi

This is an Italian brand that is best known in making bags, it was started in 1925 but now it generates 338.5 million a year

4. Burberry

This is a British brand that manufactures almost everything from perfumes to clothing to accessories. They make around a billion dollars annually.

3. Chanel

This brand manufactures high-end luxury goods, perfumes, clothes, cosmetics and many other things . Chanel is one of the labels that is recognized all over the world.

2. Louis Vuitton

This is a French brand and it means Style and Panache. It makes sunglasses, leather stuff, watches, all types of shoes. They make 2.7 billion dollars annually.

1. GUCCI

This brand was founded in 1921, an Italian brand by Guccio Gucci. It makes excellent leather stuff. It is the best Italian brand and makes 1.2 billion dollars annually

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Best of Haute Couture Fall 2010 - The Glamour, The Fantasy, The Allure

As we prepare for the Spring 11 Fashion Weeks, we reflect the unimaginable beauty of what was Haute Couture Fall 2010

Naveed Hussain has spent some time digesting the magnificence of all that is available for only a privileged few.

Haute Couture has been a tireless subject of debate. While many like to continually point out it's weak sales across the board and diminishing relevance in society. Although that may be the case, wasn't it always?
Isn't couture about that unattainable and highly elusive luxury item we all like to dream of having? Hasn't globalism made "luxury" too readily attainable?

The nine designers who showed for Haute Couture Fall 2010 clearly understand the craft beautifully. However, there were four contributions whose focus and edit were so precise that we want to take a moment and applaud them.

These designers respectively pay homage to the past with their own distinctive signatures while moving things forward with the kind of youthful gusto couture could thrive on.

John Galliano at Christian Dior, Ricardo Tisci at Givenchy, Jean Paul Gaultier, Maria Grazia Chiuri & Pier Paolo Piccioli at Valentino seem determined to energize Haute Couture with troves of tasty options. While at Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld oddly placed heavy, orthodox, old-world & stuffy misconceptions of couture's past on the runway. Reverse psychology? Or is it simply sticking to your guns & your clientele?
Here's a look at Fall 2010's Haute Couture fab four:
Jean Paul Gaultier

Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall 2010

Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall 2010

Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall 2010

Gaultier delivered a fanciful Parisian collection that evoked the wit, luxury, proportion and sex-appeal of two of France's most provocative 90's era legends, Thierry Mugler & Claude Montana.

Christian Dior

John Galliano for Chritian Dior Haute Couture Fall 2010

John Galliano for Chritian Dior Haute Couture Fall 2010

At Dior, Galliano hit his stride with decadent takes on his admiration for some of couture's best, from Poiret to Worth, all in irresistible colorways that were as bodacious as his silhouettes.

Givenchy

Riccardo Tisci for Givenchy Haute Couture fall 2010

Riccardo Tisci for Givenchy Haute Couture fall 2010

Five years later Tisci has almost nothing left to prove at Givenchy. Here, his love of religious Catholic laces combined with a romantic penchant for gothic symbolism made for abreathtaking argument on the exclusivity of beauty.

Valentino

Maria Grazia Chiuri & Pier Paolo Piccioli for Valentino Haute Couture 2010

Maria Grazia Chiuri & Pier Paolo Piccioli for Valentino Haute Couture 2010

Maria Grazia Chiuri & Pier Paolo Piccioli for Valentino Haute Couture 2010

While at Valentino, Chiuri & Piccioli took the house's heritage of princess dressing into today's need for clean while addressing couture's precarious state by placing a sculpted cage over one of their precious exits. -- Naveed Hussain, VagabondNYC

Photos: VagabondNYC

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Haute Couture spring-summer 2010

The Best Of and the Worst Of…

21 collections were presented to the press:
from 10 Official Members (Adeline André, Anne Valérie Hash, Chanel, Christian Dior, Dominique Sirop, Franck Sorbier, Givenchy, Jean Paul Gaultier, Maurizio Galante, Stéphane Rolland missing Christian Lacroix this season ) 

from 4 Correspondents Members (Head Quarters based somewhere else than Paris: Elie Saab, Giorgio Armani, Maison Martin Margiela, Valentino)
from 7 Guest Members (Adam Jones, Alexis Mabille, Atelier Gustavo Lins, Christophe Josse, Josephus Thimister, Lefrant.Ferrant, Maison Rabih Kayrouz, missing Alexandre Matthieu, Felipe Oliveira Baptista, Jean-Paul Knott, Josep Font, Marc Le Bihan this season

I think Spring-Summer collections are generally less interesting in terms of creativity because of the nature of the season there is less layering to play with and less choice of materials.

The economic malaise resulting in a less than flamboyant, more conservative and less risqué collections:

Josephus Thimister inspired by the First World War and Anne Valérie Hash who created a hybrid mix of vintage clothing offered by celebrities and her own materials, stated “I had this idea to do something about personal clothing, memory, and identity, so I started writing to people I admire and asking them to send me something of theirs to transform”.

The resulting depopulation of the designers who used to be present for the Haute Couture shows, has affected the competitive spirit. The older generation has all but nearly disappeared with the likes of Emanuel Ungaro, Valentino, YSL. The new wave of Designers have yet to reach the talent and the notoriety of their peers.

Many presented scant limited looks collections: with only 22 at Givenchy, 14 at Anne Valérie Hash, 11 at Martin Margiela, 34 at Dior. Others like Elie Saab played with only 2 to 3 different patterns and cuts for their complete collection, with only slight variation in prints and embroideries.

For the Spring-Summer 2010, I am under the impression that Designers were not as committed to their Couture Collection. Perhaps they have reached their creative point of saturation, as wearing too many hats often dilutes what a single hat could have accomplished.

I really missed Yves Saint Laurent, Emanuel Ungaro, Christian Lacroix this season and Valentino Garavani!

There were some excellent shows though with wonderfully refined cuts and details from: Givenchy and Dior for their daywear collection as well as Armani Privé and the Stéphane Rolland collection featured below.
I can’t wait to see the prêt-à-porter commencing next week in New York to see what the fall-winter 2011 season will bring…

Back to the drawing board! - My best for this season

Looks – Givenchy, Armani Privé, Stéphane Rolland, Chanel, Stéphane Rolland

Shoes – Dior, Dior, Givenchy

Beauty looks – Armani, Chanel and Dior

My worst for this season

Looks – Maison Martin Margiela, Zuhair Murad, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Anne Valérie Hash, Chanel

Shoes – Chanel, Gaultier Paris, Chanel

Beauty looks – Givenchy, Gaultier Paris, Givenchy

My favourite pick from the Spring-Summer Couture 2010 Collections Stéphane Rolland has put together a complete collection to wear for all occasions: from daywear, to cocktail, to red carpet gowns. He has come out with fluid, fitted and nicely proportioned silhouettes with overlapping blade like laser-cut Plexiglass keystone patterns framing the shoulder-line, pockets, hem and neckline. It is as if he accessorized much of his collection with finely cut, wafer sized sheets of opaque quartz crystal and used these varieties of shapes and sizes to frame and enhance the femininity of them. He also playfully used high gloss painted patterns to give a canvas like worthiness to his “Art Pieces”. A nice mix that shows that Couture can rhyme with modernity.

Details from Stéphane Rolland Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2010

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Dior Haute Couture Spring/Summer

Dior Haute Couture dresses are charming, attracting. They will satisfy even the most demanding taste. Choose the right for you!

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