couturier
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- noun
- /kuːˈtʊəriː/
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modista
- The couturier created a stunning gown that perfectly complemented the client's figure.
- French couturier
- Italian couturier
- great couturier
Examples
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Helen Gunter describes in detail the design created by the "famous Parisian couturier," adding, "as civilians we had never dreamed of owning a Mainbocher design, and we thought the two shades of blue were feminine and flattering" (33).
Academic text (2014) -
In 1948, the de Menils hired Philip Johnson to be the architect of their River Oaks home, and a year later they engaged the couturier Charles James as the interior designer.
Academic text (2007) -
I am a couturier and a modiste.
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Anya visits a couturier and comes out with a big dress box for her evening at the ballet.
Fiction book (1997) -
And I do have the finest couturier in Vienna... and the most glittering circle of friends.
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I put in a call to Ted Tinling, who's gonna be our personal couturier on tour.
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In May, 1968, the great couturier Balenciaga closed his atelier forever because, he said, "There is no one left to dress."
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She is only the second Asian guest member, just behind Lebanese couturier Eli Saab.
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Claudia, surrounded by discarded dresses and outfits, is being attended by couturiers.
Fiction book (1994) -
This is Kitty Potter in Paris, and I'm here with Thierry Mugler, the cutting-edge couturier known for his sartorial shock tactics.
Synonyms
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2.7
A person who makes fashionable clothes and accessories
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3.3
A person who makes new clothes, bags, or shoes
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3.5
A person who makes dresses and other women's clothes to order
A man who designs and makes clothes for women like dresses
A person who makes or sells fashionable women's clothes such as dresses and hats
A person who designs clothes and new styles
A person who plans how clothes will look and makes them
How Fashionable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Couturier comes from the French word couture, which means 'sewing' or 'dressmaking'. Think of 'haute couture' meaning 'high fashion', so a couturier is someone who designs and makes special, custom clothes for people.