HAUTECOUTURE

Haute couture

Haute couture refers to the creation of exclusive custom-fitted clothing. Haute couture is fashion that is constructed by hand from start to finish, made from high quality, expensive, often unusual fabric and sewn with extreme attention to detail and finished by the most experienced and capable seamstresses, often using time-consuming, hand-executed techniques. Couture translates literally from French as "dressmaking", but may also refer to fashion, sewing, or needlework and is also used as a common abbreviation of haute couture and refers to the same thing in spirit. Haute translates literally to "high". A ...

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haute couture

Noun

  1. A common term for high fashion as produced in Paris and imitated in other fashion capitals such as New York, London, and Milan.
  2. The fashion houses or fashion designers that create exclusive and often trend-setting fashions
  3. Any unique stylish design made to order for wealthy and high-status clients.
  4. French fashion


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