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• couture: More than 300 stores sell thousands of lines of goods from inexpensive gifts to haute couture.

• cuisine: The guide covers the whole spectrum of dining, from neighborhood haunts to haute cuisine.

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• couture: Cool interior colors for 2006 Feature Interior design, like haute couture, has cycles of color trends.

• cuisine: The main teaching kitchen is equipped to a high standard, with all the tools of haute cuisine.

• collection: Today more than 300 top international designers use fur in their ready-to-wear and haute couture collections.

• fashion: The only way to make the attendance of an haute couture fashion show even more desirable is to slash the guest list in half.

• garment: At the beginning of the decade, the market was dominated by Parisian designers of expensive haute couture garments.

• house: In 1999 Gucci bought YSL's ready-to-wear and perfume businesses, and Francois Pinault took over Saint Laurent's haute couture house.