My beautiful “baby” was getting married. This would be one of the most special occasions of my life. But instead of dreaming about the wedding day, I found myself fretting.

Close your eyes. Remember all those fabulous costumes worn in Downton Abbey, the award - winning TV series? The couture, if you remember, is worn by the aristocratic Crawley family in the post-Edwardian period of 1912 to 1926.

Oscar Wilde famously said: “One should either be a work of art or wear a work of art.” Sorry Oscar we are all works of art, even as we all deserve to wear works of art. Lady Gaga expresses it this way: “I am a walking piece of art, expressing my dreams and my ambitions at all times.”

Even before the official birth of the haute couture in 19th century Paris; high fashion in France could be traced all the way back to the 17th century, during the reign of the Sun King, Louis XIV.

People have been wearing clothes since the days of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. As the centuries unfolded what we wore conveyed more and more about who we are, signaling our status in society and where we belonged in the world.