couture
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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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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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couture (kuːˈtʊə, French kutyr) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a. high-fashion designing and dressmaking | |
| b. (as modifier): couture clothes | |
| [from French: sewing, dressmaking, from Old French cousture seam, from Latin consuere to stitch together, from suere to sew] | |
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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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Example sentences
Cotton muslin may cost only pennies a yard, but it's the stuff of which couture dreams are made.
Embroidery thread, fabric for art, and couture gowns are still hand-colored with cochineal.
The ageing haute couture guru expressed disillusionment with today's more commercial fashion industry.
Users don't seem to want a technology brand for couture.
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