flou et tailleur
English translation: dressmakers and tailors
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|  Selected response from: Claire Chapman Local time: 12:57 | ||||||
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| 4 | flou atelier and bespoke |
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| 4 | tailor's assistants and tailors |
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| 4 | dressmakers and tailors |
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7 mins confidence: 
flou atelier and bespoke Explanation: flou atelier would somewhat be the equivalent of what bespoke, or tailor-made is for men, in high fashion only bespoke would be used. |
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5 hrs confidence:
tailor's assistants and tailors Explanation: *the French "Flou" qualification covers measurement, pattern cutting. etc. then the Tailor takes over. |
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9 hrs confidence:
dressmakers and tailors Explanation: According to Pierre Hirsch's Lexique textile (a publication of the Librarie de l'industrie textile), "flou" means dressmaker. Need a new suit, or a dress for the Year 12 ball? Whether the clothes are mass produced or 'tailor made', tailors and dressmakers keep clients dressed in the latest styles. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 hrs (2008-11-21 15:56:34 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.getaccess.com.au/careers/profiles/data/OCC236.asp -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day7 hrs (2008-11-22 13:29:16 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Modern romance also means an overwhelming return to what the French call le flou — fluid clothes — as opposed to stiff tailoring. As the jacket softens, the dress, maybe layered over pants, takes center stage — and with it the **dressmaker's arts of wrapping, draping and ruching**. Silk jersey, gauzy cottons and slithery or cobweb-light knits are the materials of the moment. And the body is just glimpsed through misty layers of chiffon or open-work stitching. http://iht.com/articles/1997/10/21/fash.t_6.php Traditionally, in the hierarchy of the haute couture workrooms, with its courtesy titles and unquestioning respect for the designer king, the premières (heads) are responsible for a single workroom, where they specialize in either **flou (soft dressmaking) or tailleur (tailoring)**. "The people who work with chiffon can't work with tweed," says Chanel's head tailor, Jacqueline Mercier, firmly. "It's a question of sensibility." Head dressmaker Cécile Ouvrard (who trained at Christian Lacroix with her mother, Janine Ouvrard) agrees: "Each worker has a different hand, like artists. There are girls who are better with chiffon, others with velvet, others lace." http://www.style.com/vogue/feature/2008_Oct_Handmades_Tale/ -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 days (2008-11-25 13:28:20 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- You're welcome, Kerensa, and thank you :-) |
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