couture
noun/kuˈtjʊə(r)/
/kuˈtʊr/
[uncountable] (from French)- the design and production of expensive and fashionable clothes; these clothes
- a couture evening dress
- The House of Mattli is expanding from couture into ready-to-wear.
Word Origin1920s: French, ‘sewing, dressmaking’.Definitions on the go
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