Fédération française de la couture

The Fédération française de la couture, du prêt-à-porter des couturiers et des créateurs de mode (English: French Federation of Fashion and of Ready-to-Wear Couturiers and Fashion Designers) is the French fashion industry governing clothing. The Federation was created in 1973, growing out of an older trade union (which still exists within the Federation), the Chambre syndicale de la haute couture parisienne which was created in 1868. The Federation comprises three separate trade associations:

• Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture (English: trade union of high fashion)
• Chambre Syndicale de la Mode Masculine (English: trade union of men's (ready-to-wear) fashion)
• Chambre Syndicale du Prêt-à-Porter des Couturiers et des Créateurs de Mode (English: trade union of (women's) ready-to-wear of couturiers and fashion designers) - created in 1973

The Federation also has a fashion school, the École de la chambre syndicale de la couture parisienne (created in 1928).

The Federation has close ties to the Union Nationale Artisanale de la Couture et des Activités Connexes (English: National Couture Craft Industry and Related Activities Union), a trade union of couture dressmakers in other French administrative regions outside of Paris.

The Federation is responsible for setting the dates and location of the French fashion weeks. It also establishes industry standards on quality and on the use of the word "haute couture".

Prêt-à-Porter Member Fashion Houses and Designers

See list of grands couturiers for haute couture houses.

For the Spring 2016 season, the official list of members are:

Alexandre Vauthier—Alexis Mabille—Bouchra Jarrar—Chanel—Christian Dior—Christophe Josse—Franck Sorbier—Giambattista Valli—Givenchy—Jean Paul Gaultier—Maison Margiela—Stéphane Rolland—Yiqing Yin

See also

• French fashion
• Haute couture
• List of fashion designers
• List of grands couturiers
• Arab Fashion Council
• Association Nationale pour le Développement des Arts de la Mode
• Council of Fashion Designers of America
• British Fashion Council
• Asian Couture Federation
• Lumiere Magazine

References

• This article is based on the webpage of the Federation (see external links).

External links

• La Fédération française de la couture, du prêt-à-porter des couturiers et des créateurs de mode—main page (English-language version)