couture
noun
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Definition of couture
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: the business of designing, making, and selling fashionable custom-made clothing
the world of Paris couture
2
: the designers and establishments engaged in couture
For more than a century, the couture was the undisputed fashion source for women in the Western world.— Bernadine Morris
3
: the clothes created by couture
For them, buying French couture has become a status symbol, something to rack up along with their brand-new BMWs and their hacienda-style villas … — Vogue
couture
adjectiveDefinition of couture (Entry 2 of 2)
: of, relating to, or being high-end custom-made fashion
Neither are these designers unduly concerned about styles that lend themselves to being folded and packed—the couture clientele travels with trunks, not duffel bags, and, presumably, there is always someone on the other end to take care of the wrinkles.— Bernadine Morris However, Owens credits his success to the ease of what he calls his "T-shirt versions of couture dresses."— David Colman
Examples of couture in a Sentence
Noun
The book discusses the relationship between culture and couture. I can't afford to wear couture.Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Hashian, 34, selected an open-back Chantilly lace gown by couture bridal designer Mira Zwillinger. — Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, "All About the $12,450 Wedding Dress Lauren Hashian Wore to Marry Dwayne 'the Rock' Johnson," 19 Aug. 2019 The model certainly seems comfortable decked out in couture or rocking an insane pair of eyelashes on the Met Gala carpet. — Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, "The One Travel Tip Gigi Hadid Swears By," 3 July 2019 There’s a paradox: Everyone was saying couture is dead, but the couture runway season has become really big. — Elisa Lipsky-karasz, WSJ, "Ralph Rucci Returns to Haute Couture (With a $27,000 Silk Raincoat)," 27 June 2019 Return to Paris There was a lot riding on Rucci's couture comeback. — Jessica Iredale, Town & Country, "Ralph Rucci: The Rise, and Fall and Rise Again of an American Couturier," 7 Aug. 2019 The beauty mogul is no stranger to sporting couture looks in her day-to-day life — and has credited husband Kanye West with helping her to further develop her fashion sense. — Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, "Kim Kardashian Carries a $35,000 Dior Bag for Casual Day of Errand Running," 6 Aug. 2019 After her graduation from Cooper Union, Neumann enrolled in Manhattan’s Traphagen School of Design, founded in the early 1920s by the designer Ethel Traphagen to help foster a fashion industry in the U.S. independent from Parisian couture. — Vanessa Lawrence, ELLE Decor, "With a Glorious New Exhibition, Designer Vera Neumann Gets Her Due," 5 Aug. 2019 Nevertheless, the fairy-tale aspect of wearing couture is a glorious sidebar to my career. — Nicole Kidman, Harper's BAZAAR, "Nicole Kidman Reveals the Dress That Changed Her Life (At Least for One Night)," 25 July 2019 Sandy is the world’s largest private collector of couture clothing, owning approximately 15,000 pieces of Schiaparelli, Chanel, Lanvin, Fortuny, Adrian, and the like. — Tatum Dooley, Teen Vogue, "The Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces a Sandy Schreier Couture Exhibit," 24 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'couture.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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couture
noun
English Language Learners Definition of couture
somewhat formal
: the business of designing, making, or selling women's clothes
also
: women's clothes in general
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