couture

cou·ture

C0701100 (ko͞o-to͝or′, -tür′)n.1. The business of designing, making, and selling highly fashionable, usually custom-made clothing.2. Dressmakers and fashion designers considered as a group.3. The high-fashion clothing created by designers.

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[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.]

couture

(kuːˈtʊə; French kutyr) n (Clothing & Fashion) a. high-fashion designing and dressmakingb. (as modifier): couture clothes. [from French: sewing, dressmaking, from Old French cousture seam, from Latin consuere to stitch together, from suere to sew]

cou•ture

(kuˈtʊər; Fr. kuˈtür)

n. 1. the occupation or business of a couturier. 2. fashion designers or couturiers collectively. 3. the apparel created by such designers. adj. 4. created by a fashion designer or pertaining to or suggesting such creation: couture clothes; the couture look. [1905–10; < French: literally, sewing, seam < Vulgar Latin *cō(n)sūtūra= Latin consūt(us), past participle of consuere to sew together (con- con- + suere to sew) + -ūra -ure; compare suture]

couture

the art and practice of dressmaking and designing. — couturier, couturière, n.See also: Clothing

couture

The fashionable and expensive part of the dressmaking and clothes-designing business.

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couture - high fashion designing and dressmakingdressmaking - the craft of making dresses

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