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Definition of couture noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

couture

noun
 
/kuˈtjʊə(r)/
 
/kuˈtʊr/
[uncountable] (from French)
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  1. the design and production of expensive and fashionable clothes; these clothes
    • a couture evening dress
    • The House of Mattli is expanding from couture into ready-to-wear.
    see also haute coutureTopics Clothes and Fashionc2
    Word Origin1920s: French, ‘sewing, dressmaking’.
See couture in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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