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haute couture


Definition of haute couture

noun

[mass noun]
  • expensive, fashionable clothes produced by leading fashion houses: rails of haute couture
  • the designing and making of haute couture clothing: the champions of haute couture insist that it can be as visionary as any art form an elegant example of haute couture [as modifier]:an haute couture outfit

Origin:

French, literally 'high dressmaking'

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Definition of haute couture in the US English dictionary