“A woman has no need to be…beautiful to wear my dresses. The dress will do all that for her.” —Amy Fine Collins quotes Balenciaga in her in depth look at haute couture in this month’s Vanity Fair.

Reader Brittany sent us in a great little video that is not only fun to watch, but actually educational.

“The Secret World of Haute Couture” explains, well, the secret (private) world of haute couture - specifically, the ladies who can and do afford it.

It’s the first in a series of six, which you can watch here if you’re boss is out of the office/you’re still on winter break.

We kind of love the American that leads you into the world of the highest kind of fashion in the video above - she was the only one who would come right out and talk to BBC, who put this project together.

Watch and learn…