variants
or less commonly haut
ˈōt 
ˈō
: fashionable, high-class
haute interior decorators
a store filled with haute kitsch
Examples of haute in a Sentence
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Mason’s Retreat is the name of this farm and ancestral seat, tumbledown in haute WASP fashion, a place of brackish marsh air, oyster shells, and drawers jammed with mismatched cutlery.
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Chloe Schama, Vogue, 18 July 2024
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Bombs and the Bikini Atoll
The haute beachwear known as the bikini was named after a string of islands turned into a nuclear wasteland by atomic bomb testing.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
The brand’s signature scarf prints and fringe were still there, but the overall effect was more haute night crawler than equestrian, down to the leather paperboy caps.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 7 June 2024
The haute hoteliers behind Claridge's unveiled The Maybourne Riviera in 2021, redefining modern luxury along the dazzling coast.
—Amy Louise Bailey, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Sep. 2023
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Chloe Schama, Vogue, 18 July 2024
Check them out in the Street Arts Graphics Collection!
Shared Collections
Bombs and the Bikini Atoll
The haute beachwear known as the bikini was named after a string of islands turned into a nuclear wasteland by atomic bomb testing.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
The brand’s signature scarf prints and fringe were still there, but the overall effect was more haute night crawler than equestrian, down to the leather paperboy caps.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 7 June 2024
The haute hoteliers behind Claridge's unveiled The Maybourne Riviera in 2021, redefining modern luxury along the dazzling coast.
—Amy Louise Bailey, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Sep. 2023
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“Haute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/haute. Accessed 15 Sep. 2024.
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