From an award of virtue and a status marker, an HBO calling card, to a gender-free accessory, the rose’s significance on fashion is as resilient as the flower itself.

Haute Couture is commonly mislabelled as just clothing the 1% wear, but this doesn’t even begin to tell the whole story.

Commonly mislabelled as just clothing the 1% wear, haute couture is not only a longstanding art form, but is also a highly regulated and legal artistic tradition. In this article we explore what haute couture really is, who founded it and how fashion houses become a member.