“Haute couture is the expression of creation in its pure state, without constraints of price or manufacturing.”

How many times since the term first appeared (attributed to Charles Frederick Worth, the first to open a couture house in Paris in 1858) has the end of haute couture been predicted? Yet it has recovered after every crisis, stock market crashes, wars, competition from ready-to-wear, the farewell of Saint Laurent , etc. Haute couture will even be celebrated all this week in Paris with, among other things, the last Chanel collection designed by the studio, the first steps of Glenn Martens at Maison Margiela and the final "couture" of Demna for Balenciaga . We regret the absence of Dior, but it is only postponed until January 2026 with the debut of Jonathan Anderson for the house . The next season promises to be exceptional, with the "first times" of Anderson at Dior, Matthieu Blazy at Chanel, Pierpaolo Piccioli at Balenciaga , and, who knows?, perhaps some surprises from the Jean Paul Gaultier brand...