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An exhibition titled "Skin Bones" would usually belong inside a natural history or science museum. But this November at MOCA, LA's only contemporary art museum, it's an anatomically correct moniker for a show that examines the relationship between fashion's most radical clothing and some of the world's groundbreaking contemporary architectural structures.

What is Haute Couture? Is it the same as Couture? Check out Fashion-Era.com and Pauline Weston Thomas will give you a quick little lesson on what makes couture "Haute".

Haute Couture is a French phrase for high fashion. Couture means dressmaking, sewing, or needlework and haute means elegant or high, so the two combined imply excellent artistry with the fashioning of garments. The purchase of a haute couture model garment is at the top level of hand customised fashion design and clothing construction made by a couture design house. A model haute couture garment is made specifically for the wearer's measurements and body stance. The made to measure exclusive clothes are virtually made by hand, carefully interlined, stay taped and fitted to perfection for each client.