haute couture

haute couture

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French haute couture (“haute couture, high fashion”), from haute (“high, elegant”) + couture (“sewing”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əʊt kuːˈtjʊə/
• enPR: ōt-ko͞o-tyo͝orʹ, ōt-ko͞o-türʹ

Noun

haute couture (uncountable)

1. A common term for high fashion as produced in Paris and imitated in other fashion capitals such as New York, London, and Milan.
2. The fashion houses or fashion designers that create exclusive and often trendsetting fashions.
3. Any unique stylish design made to order for wealthy and high-status clients.
4. French fashion.

Synonyms

• high style
• high fashion
• exclusive fashion

Translations

high fashion produced in Paris

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Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: haute couture

fashion houses or designers

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Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: huippumuoti

stylish design

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Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: huippumuoti

French fashion

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Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: ranskalainen muoti

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Japanese: オートクチュール (ōto kuchūru)

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French

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ot ku.tyʁ/

Noun

haute couture f (uncountable)

1. (fashion) haute couture, high fashion