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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, especially 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.
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Couture
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Example Sentences
- Youth may be wasted on the young, but it is beginning to look as if couture is being wasted on them, too.
- The ageing haute couture guru expressed disillusionment with today's more commercial fashion industry.
- Shop the latest styles juicy couture handbags, juicy couture tracksuit.
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Word Origin & History
couture
1908, from Fr., lit. "dressmaking, sewing," used as a collective term for "women's fashion designers."
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