Haute couture techniques

The course programme of Haute Couture techniques promoted by the museum in recent years seeks to spread the values and, principally, the techniques of Cristóbal Balenciaga adapted to the context of today’s fashion.

Intensive practical courses run by highly qualified professionals which take place entirety at the museum offering participants an immersion in the Balenciaga universe. Added to this are the new online training options made possible by digital tools.

The programme offers three different itineraries: tailoring, fantasy and embroidery. It also comes in different levels of accomplishment enabling the participants to gradually improve their technical skills, with a total estimated dedication of 260 hours.

2026 PROGRAM

Haute couture techniques

Online course in Haute Couture Fantasy techniques

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This is an intermediate level activity, which is part of the course programming of the fantasy itinerary, and which can be carried out either as part of the proposed plan, or as an independent initiative. The programme content proposes an approximation to the specific methods used in the fantasy ateliers of the Balenciaga House and will address the realization of a lace bodice with a silk taffeta base open both on the side and on the left shoulder.

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Haute Couture Embroidery - LEVEL 1

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Introductory course in specialised haute couture techniques for hand making embroidery by using the Lunéville method, by the expert embroiderer Elisabeth Roulleau Gasbarre.

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HAUTE COUTURE EMBROIDERY COURSE - LEVEL 2

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Intermediate course in specialised haute couture techniques for learning to embroider by hand using the Lunéville method, delivered by expert embroiderer Elisabeth Roulleau Gasbarre. The course is designed as a continuation of the Level 1 (introductory) course.

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