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cou⋅ture

[koo-toor; Fr. koo-tyr]
–noun
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.
–adjective
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.

Origin:
1905–10; < F: lit., sewing, seam < VL *cō(n)sūtūra, equiv. to L consūt(us) ptp. of consuere to sew together (con- con- + suere to sew 1 ) + -ūra -ure; cf. suture, accouter
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cou·ture   (kōō-tŏŏr', -tür')   
n.  
  1. The business of designing, making, and selling highly fashionable, usually custom-made clothing for women.

  2. Dressmakers and fashion designers considered as a group.

  3. The high-fashion clothing created by designers.


[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.]
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Word Origin & History

couture 
1908, from Fr., lit. "dressmaking, sewing," used as a collective term for "women's fashion designers."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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