haute cou‧ture /ˌəʊt kuːˈtjʊə $ ˌoʊt kuːˈtʊr/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1900-2000;
Language: French;
Origin: 'high sewing']
the business of making and selling expensive and fashionable clothes for women
—haute couturier noun [countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
cou‧ture /kuːˈtjʊə $ -ˈtʊr/ (
also haute-couture)
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1900-2000;
Language: French;
Origin: Vulgar Latin consutura 'sewing', from Latin consuere, from com- ( ⇒ COM-) + suere 'to sew']
the design and production of expensive and fashionable clothes, or the clothes themselves:
a couture collection [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲