Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
flou et tailleur
English translation:
dressmakers and tailors
Added to glossary by
Kerensa Cracknell
Nov 21, 2008 06:03
15 yrs ago
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French term
flou et tailleur
French to English
Other
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
CV
This is an item on a CV for someone who works in the fashion industry. The full item is:
"Constitution d'une équipe de 22 personnes, flou et tailleur". The position that this person held at the time was Chief Technical Officer for Collection and Standardisation.
It goes on to list other responsibilities such as analysis of sketches, organising launches, looking at new techniques for fabric manufacture, etc.
"Constitution d'une équipe de 22 personnes, flou et tailleur". The position that this person held at the time was Chief Technical Officer for Collection and Standardisation.
It goes on to list other responsibilities such as analysis of sketches, organising launches, looking at new techniques for fabric manufacture, etc.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | dressmakers and tailors |
Claire Chapman
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| 4 | flou atelier and bespoke |
erickl
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| 4 | tailor's assistants and tailors |
kashew
|
Proposed translations
9 hrs
Claire Chapman
Native in English
Specializes in field
All things textile
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French, English
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dressmakers and tailors
According to Pierre Hirsch's Lexique textile (a publication of the Librarie de l'industrie textile), "flou" means dressmaker.
Need a new suit, or a dress for the Year 12 ball? Whether the clothes are mass produced or 'tailor made', tailors and dressmakers keep clients dressed in the latest styles.
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http://www.getaccess.com.au/careers/profiles/data/OCC236.asp
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Modern romance also means an overwhelming return to what the French call le flou — fluid clothes — as opposed to stiff tailoring. As the jacket softens, the dress, maybe layered over pants, takes center stage — and with it the **dressmaker's arts of wrapping, draping and ruching**. Silk jersey, gauzy cottons and slithery or cobweb-light knits are the materials of the moment. And the body is just glimpsed through misty layers of chiffon or open-work stitching.
http://iht.com/articles/1997/10/21/fash.t_6.php
Traditionally, in the hierarchy of the haute couture workrooms, with its courtesy titles and unquestioning respect for the designer king, the premières (heads) are responsible for a single workroom, where they specialize in either **flou (soft dressmaking) or tailleur (tailoring)**. "The people who work with chiffon can't work with tweed," says Chanel's head tailor, Jacqueline Mercier, firmly. "It's a question of sensibility." Head dressmaker Cécile Ouvrard (who trained at Christian Lacroix with her mother, Janine Ouvrard) agrees: "Each worker has a different hand, like artists. There are girls who are better with chiffon, others with velvet, others lace."
http://www.style.com/vogue/feature/2008_Oct_Handmades_Tale/
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You're welcome, Kerensa, and thank you :-)
Need a new suit, or a dress for the Year 12 ball? Whether the clothes are mass produced or 'tailor made', tailors and dressmakers keep clients dressed in the latest styles.
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Note added at 9 hrs (2008-11-21 15:56:34 GMT)
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http://www.getaccess.com.au/careers/profiles/data/OCC236.asp
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Note added at 1 day7 hrs (2008-11-22 13:29:16 GMT)
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Modern romance also means an overwhelming return to what the French call le flou — fluid clothes — as opposed to stiff tailoring. As the jacket softens, the dress, maybe layered over pants, takes center stage — and with it the **dressmaker's arts of wrapping, draping and ruching**. Silk jersey, gauzy cottons and slithery or cobweb-light knits are the materials of the moment. And the body is just glimpsed through misty layers of chiffon or open-work stitching.
http://iht.com/articles/1997/10/21/fash.t_6.php
Traditionally, in the hierarchy of the haute couture workrooms, with its courtesy titles and unquestioning respect for the designer king, the premières (heads) are responsible for a single workroom, where they specialize in either **flou (soft dressmaking) or tailleur (tailoring)**. "The people who work with chiffon can't work with tweed," says Chanel's head tailor, Jacqueline Mercier, firmly. "It's a question of sensibility." Head dressmaker Cécile Ouvrard (who trained at Christian Lacroix with her mother, Janine Ouvrard) agrees: "Each worker has a different hand, like artists. There are girls who are better with chiffon, others with velvet, others lace."
http://www.style.com/vogue/feature/2008_Oct_Handmades_Tale/
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Note added at 4 days (2008-11-25 13:28:20 GMT) Post-grading
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You're welcome, Kerensa, and thank you :-)
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flou atelier and bespoke
flou atelier would somewhat be the equivalent of what bespoke, or tailor-made is for men, in high fashion only bespoke would be used.
5 hrs
tailor's assistants and tailors
*the French "Flou" qualification covers measurement, pattern cutting. etc.
then the Tailor takes over.
then the Tailor takes over.
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