Bonjour, Paris Fashion Week-Spring/Summer 2007 collections

In world fashion, another round of catwalk shows has begun with Paris. Around 25 designers will show their haute couture collections during the most expensive week of the international fashion.

在全球时尚界，又一轮时装秀正在巴黎上演。约有25位设计师将在这最“昂贵”的国际时尚周中展示他们设计的高级成衣。

Haute couture shows attract extremely rich people who can afford the most expensive clothes in the world. Haute couture collections are created with unlimited budgets, but today no more than 500 women in the world buy clothes in haute couture houses.

这些高级成衣秀吸引了世界上少数有购买能力的巨富。虽然制作高级成衣没有预算限制，但当今只有少于500位女性在高级成衣作坊买衣服。

Haute couture was established in Paris at the end of the 19th century.After World War II, during fashion's golden age more than 14,000 women wore couture. Chanel, Christian Lacroix, Nina Ricci, Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior and Jan Paul Gaultier are famouse haute couture houses.

高级成衣出现在19世纪末的巴黎。二战后，在时尚的鼎盛时期，有超过14000位女性穿着这样的高级成衣。Chanel、Christian Lacroix、Nina Ricci、Yves Saint Laurent、 Christian Dior和Jan Paul Gaultier都是当今著名的高级成衣作坊。

Vocabulary:
catwalk：n. 狭窄的人行道；（时装表演时模特走的）天桥
Haute couture:[eut ku'tju:r]n. 高级女式时装 高级女式时装业
budget：n. 预算

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