Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The business of designing, making, and selling highly fashionable, usually custom-made clothing for women.
- noun Dressmakers and fashion designers considered as a group.
- noun The high-fashion clothing created by designers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun high fashion designing and dressmaking.
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- noun fashion The production of high-end, custom-made clothing
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun high fashion designing and dressmaking
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The term couture refers to high-fashion design and dressmaking.
Golden Gate [X]pReSS 2009
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She took home this image—which she dubbed "couture marries sports"—to her Mannheim-based atelier, a former paper factory with creamy pink walls and large steel reinforcement beams renovated by the late French architect Yves Bayard.
From Idea to Paper Cutout to Runway Gown Mary M. Lane 2011
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On Sept. 8, she donned a blue muslin couture frock to the Toronto premiere of her film.
Fashion Forward: Blanchett is bright in Armani's Black Lace makeup 2010
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As [the early 20th-century chef/philosopher Auguste] Escoffier explained more than a hundred years ago: cuisine like couture is one of these creative fields that involve exaggeration and insolence.
French Master Chef Reinvents His Art Emma-Kate Symons 2010
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-- Samsung is into high fashion: Italy's newest in couture, Derercuny, part of the electronics co. 's Cheil Industries.
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Note 130: Cheng Meibao, Diyu Wenhua yu Guojia Rentong: Wanqing yilai Guangdongwenhuaguan de Xingcheng (Regional culture and national identification: The formation of concept of the Cantonese couture from the late Qing period) (Beijing: Sanlian Shudian, 2006). back
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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It turns out that the new model size for haute couture is now Size 0.
Archive 2007-03-01 Linda 2007
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It turns out that the new model size for haute couture is now Size 0.
Size 0? Linda 2007
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"Whenever anyone says the word couture, I reach for my gun."
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The word couture is synonymous with extravaganza and opulence and with just two shows a day, one can expect elaborate, larger than life sets and detailed work on the garments.
HindustanTimes.com - Top HomePage-TopStories News Headlines 2010
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