haute couture

haute cou·ture

noun \ˌōt-ku̇-ˈtu̇r\

Definition of HAUTE COUTURE

: the houses or designers that create exclusive and often trend-setting fashions for women; also : the fashions created

Examples of HAUTE COUTURE

1. a fashion designer who's a renowned master of haute couture

Origin of HAUTE COUTURE

French, literally, high sewing

First Known Use: 1908

Other Clothing Terms

babushka, brogue, bumbershoot, cravat, dishabille, furbelow, layette, raiment, spectator

Rhymes with HAUTE COUTURE

amateur, aperture, armature, blackamoor, carrefour, carte du jour, coinsure, commissure, confiture, connoisseur, coverture, curvature, cynosure, embouchure, epicure, filature, forfeiture, garniture, geniture, green-manure, immature, insecure, ligature, manicure, overture, paramour, pedicure, plat du jour, portraiture, prelature, premature, quadrature, reassure, Reaumur, reinsure, saboteur, sepulture, sequitur, signature, simon-pure, sinecure, soup du jour, tablature, temperature, to be sure, troubadour, white amur, Yom Kippur