It contains numerous couture pieces, items created by well-known Chicago manufacturers and designers, and garments worn by notable residents.

"I'm not sure people realized what they were looking at," Mr. Andersen said of the couture pieces.

Ali wears 4 different couture pieces in the music video, which were custom designed or runway pieces by up-and-coming New York designers.

The more often the gown fails as a gown, the more it succeeds as a couture piece.

He made couture pieces for celebrities & entertainers as well.

They're beautifully made, and you can proably get couture pieces for less than current couture.

There's a private room with couture pieces - Oscar de la Renta and Pucci as well as delicate dresses and gowns dating back to the 1910s.

Suggesting that the economy is strong enough for galas yet again - the sort of galas that demand a $100,000 dress - the best couture pieces were for those events.

The Duchess is known for mixing couture pieces, often by British designers, with 'High Street' retail fashion.

At his retrospective in Las Vegas, Mr. Cardin introduced a few new couture pieces, his first in five years.