Couture Definition
ko͝o-to͝or, -tür
noun
The work or business of designing new fashions in women's clothes; also, women's clothes in new or specially designed fashions.
Webster's New World
Dressmakers and fashion designers considered as a group.
American Heritage
The high-fashion clothing created by designers.
American Heritage
Origin of Couture
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French sewing from Old French cousture from Vulgar Latin cōnsūtūra from Latin cōnsuere cōnsūt- to sew together com- com- suere to sew syū- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Shortening of haute couture, thus ultimately from French couture
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