couture

 
Pronunciation: /kuːˈtjʊə/

noun

[mass noun]
  • the design and manufacture of fashionable clothes to a client’s specific requirements and measurements: designer ready-to-wear has taken over from couture as the focus of interest [as modifier]: London couture houses
  • fashionable made-to-measure clothes: they were dressed in size eight printed-silk couture

Origin:

1920s: French, 'sewing, dressmaking'