haute couture

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əʊt kuːˈtjʊə/

• Audio (US)

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• enPR: ōt-ko͞o-tyo͝orʹ, ōt-ko͞o-türʹ

Noun

haute couture (uncountable)

1. High fashion as produced in Paris and imitated in other fashion capitals such as New York, London, and Milan.
   • 2018 June 30, Vanessa Friedman, “Why We Cover High Fashion”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     But there are, unquestionably, parts of the clothes conversation that are less accessible than others. Most notably, the haute couture.

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

• exclusive fashion
• high fashion
• high style

 

Derived terms

• couture

 

Translations

high fashion produced in Paris — see also high fashion

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: haute couture (nl) f
• Finnish: haute couture
• Georgian: მაღალი მოდა (maɣali moda)
• Hungarian: előkelő/párizsi divat

fashion houses or designers

• Catalan: alta costura f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: haute couture (nl) f
• Finnish: huippumuoti
• Hungarian: a nagy/vezető divatcégek/divatházak/divattervezők
• Portuguese: alta costura f
• Spanish: alta costura f

stylish design

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: haute couture (nl) f
• Finnish: huippumuoti
• Georgian: მაღალი მოდა (maɣali moda)
• Hungarian: divatos ruha

French fashion

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: Franse mode f
• Finnish: ranskalainen muoti
• Hungarian: francia divat

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Translations to be checked

• Japanese: オートクチュール (ōto kuchūru)

French

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

haute couture f (uncountable)

1. (fashion) haute couture, high fashion

Descendants

• English: haute couture