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couture
couture
English
Noun
couture (uncountable)
- (fashion) The production of high-end, custom-made clothing
- 2007, Cally Blackman, 100 Years of Fashion Illustration, ISBN 1856694623, page 166:
- It was the branding of these products, rather than the couture itself, that would become the foundation of the industry, generating huge global sales by the last quarter of the century.
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Derived terms
- couturist
- couture house
Related terms
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin consutura, ultimately from Latin consuere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku.tyʁ/
Noun
couture f (plural coutures)
- sewing
- dressmaking
- seam
- (medical) stitches
- scar