haute couture

[ oht koo-toor; French oht koo-tyr ]

noun

1. high fashion; the most fashionable and influential dressmaking and designing.
2. the fashions so created.
3. the leading dressmaking establishments in the world of fashion, considered collectively.

haute couture

/ ot kutyr /

noun

1. high fashion

Word History and Origins

Origin of haute couture¹

From French

Word History and Origins

Origin of haute couture¹

literally: high dressmaking

Example Sentences

But while that level of ‘haute couture’ is building the market, we want to be seen as more prêt-à-porter.

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Jacqueline Kennedy helped change all that in the 1960s, with her unflappable chic and wardrobe full of haute couture.

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After the drabness of the 1950s, her clothes were chic and slightly transgressive, but not haute couture.

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There are collections for Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter and Haute Couture and Resort.

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Yet, despite his recognition by the Syndic de la Haute Couture, very few in the west have heard of Valentin Yudashkin.

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