For the uninitiated: a patent is a type of monopoly the government grants inventors for a set period of time, giving the inventor the exclusive right to manufacture, sell, use or otherwise benefit from. Basically, it ensures that no one else can steal your unique design/idea. Well, unless you're a patent troll.
Watch out for the soft opening of HAUTE COUTURE inside Labels Concept Store near St. Peter's Cathedral Tuguegarao City on April 8, 2017. Haute.Couture Â· April 3, 2017 Â·
In 1860, Englishman Charles Frederick Worth (1825-1895) founded a Parisian atelier that defined the luxurious standards of the haute couture and set high fashion's stylistic course for the balance of the 19th century. -- From Demystifying the Haute Couture online exhibit, Museum of the City of New York.