Meaning of couturière | Babel Free

Definitions

A woman who runs a business in custom-made fashion.

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Examples

“Considering the enormous cost of the gowns, which the countess had insisted Leah needed, she imagined the couturière’s fees for such work would be equally as hefty.”

“Many of Chanel’s biographers give the impression that she became a couturière by chance or whim, whereas in fact she had strong business sense and the backing of an intelligent, influential partner in Boy Capel.”

“A positive note today was a visit by Aunt Emily’s couturière to measure me for some ‘appropriately fashionable gowns’ as if we Americans have no idea of fashion or style.”

“In just moments a skirt is conceived, designed and crafted as the couturière constructs the garment “in any way that might strike her fancy.””

“In her early years she [Coco Chanel] wanted to sing on stage, rather than to become a couturière.”

“The couturiere was most exacting with her tape while she kept up a steady flow of compliments concerning Juliana’s trim waist, full bosom, and long line of leg for one as petite as she.”

“A couturiere wearing a competitor’s gown was like a brewer drinking the ale made in another distillery, an act of betrayal.”

“Madame du Sey announced that they were not to see a couturier, but a couturiere!”

“She’s bringing in a couturiere from Paris to design our gowns.”

“As the couturiere pricked the needle into her upper thigh, she murmured, “This little puzzle could make the evening much, much more fun than I anticipated.””

“Elsa Schiaparelli was another case of a couturiere with a transatlantic life who ended up spending most of the war in New York, leaving her Paris firm in the hands of trusted managers. Similarly, Bruyère, another well-esteemed Paris couturiere, resettled in New York for the war.”

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