couturier
noun
a person who designs, makes, and sells fashionable clothes for women.
couturiers
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pluralof couturier.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The first costumes were made by dressmakers and couturiers, but a network of costume professionals would emerge, designers who realized that clothing in film had to be fascinating, energized—stories within the story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Artists and couturiers are fond of the whimsy of trompe l’oeil, the trick of the eye, the illusion of reality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
It was designed by another of the Queen's couturiers, Hardy Amies, who later went on to create space-age get-ups for Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film, A Space Odyssey.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025
Even Russian couturiers rely heavily on Italy to provide the exclusive materials that go into clothing their wealthy clientele.
From Reuters ● Jun. 27, 2022
Some of the couturiers in the Rue de la Paix are issuing fashion-pronouncing handbooks, while others have their own interpreters to assist customers.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 5, 1919 by Various
