1 Haute couture
The high-fashion clothing is called haute couture, which is a native French term with the meaning of 'high sewing'. Through the time this changed and today it has come to illustrate high end traditional Oriental fashion. It means, that it's price is anywhere between any thousands to few Euro only. Designed for certain customers by "made-to-measure" methods, they are commonly made from high-quality, high-cost material and produced with special care about details and finish. Frequently it is produced with time-consuming, manual techniques. Of special importance is here only look and fit. Cost of fabric and the needed time to produce these clothings don't count- they can reach any category of price.Principally, sexy Asian inspired fashion haute couture is not a defined term and so it can not only be used by companies which are within special organisations and produce according to defined specifications. A lot of ready-to-wear, and in fact also mass market brands, demand to produce Oriental style fashion haute couture but subject to approved norms, they don't do.
2 Ready-to-wear
This apparel is not produced for individual clients, but nevertheless, manufacturers use great care to choose useful materials and nice cuts. To obtain exclusivity, only few of these clothes are produced. They are relatively pricy but not similar to haute couture. They are made as ready-to-wear collections and shown to the general public during fashion exhibitions. Such collections can be purchased under the own brand of an Asian silk fashion designer or under the brand of another Chinese silk fashion manufacturer for whom they are made by designers. These collections can contain a lot of different garments like day wear or evening wear as well as for men, ladies and teens, but also nightwear, sportswear, wedding clothes till to some accessories.