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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The leading establishments or designers for the creation of exclusive fashions.
  2. n. The creation of exclusive fashions.
  3. n. The fashions created.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A common term for high fashion as produced in Paris and imitated in other fashion capitals such as New York, London, and Milan.
  2. n. The fashion houses or fashion designers that create exclusive and often trend-setting fashions
  3. n. Any unique stylish design made to order for wealthy and high-status clients.
  4. n. French fashion

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. trend-setting fashions

Etymologies

  1. From French haute ("high, elegant") + couture ("sewing") (Wiktionary)
  2. French : haute, feminine of haut, high, elegant + couture, sewing. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. high style
  1. trend-setting fashion
  1. exclusive fashion
  1. high fashion

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  1. fashion

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  1. Schiaparelli
  1. high fashion
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