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couture

noun [U]
 
 
/kuːˈtjʊər/ US  /-ˈtʊr/ (also haute couture)

Definition

the designing, making, and selling of expensive fashionable clothing, or the clothes themselves: a couture show/collection/houseFashionModern and fashionableModern and fashionable couturier
 
 
/kuːˈtjʊə.ri.eɪ/ US  /-ˈtʊr.i-/ noun [C]
In 1960 Pierre Cardin became the first couturier to design men's clothes.FashionModern and fashionableModern and fashionable
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