[koo-too
r; Fr. koo-tyr] 
| 1. | the occupation of a couturier; dressmaking and designing. |
| 2. | fashion designers or couturiers collectively. |
| 3. | the clothes and related articles designed by such designers. |
| 4. | the business establishments of such designers, esp. where clothes are made to order. |
| 5. | created or produced by a fashion designer: couture clothes. |
| 6. | being, having, or suggesting the style, quality, etc., of a fashion designer; very fashionable: the couture look. |
| cou·ture (kōō-tŏŏr', -tür') n.
[French, sewing, from Old French cousture, from Vulgar Latin *cōnsūtūra, from Latin cōnsuere, cōnsūt-, to sew together : com-, com- + suere, to sew; see syū- in Indo-European roots.] |