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couturier

[koo-toor-ee-ay, -ee-er, -toor-yay, koo-ty-ryay] / kuˈtʊər iˌeɪ, -i ər, -ˈtʊər jeɪ, ku tüˈrjeɪ /


NOUN
outfitter
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NOUN
stylist
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Glyn’s older sister, Lady Duff-Gordon, otherwise known as the couturier Lucile, immediately forged relationships with actresses—Billie Burke, for instance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Womenswear has been designed since 2014 by fellow French couturier Nadege Vanhee-Cybulski, while Nichanian will be replaced by 30-something London designer Grace Wales Bonner, who previously ran her own label.

From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026

A new exhibition at the Orange County Museum of Art celebrates the work and life of famed French couturier Yves Saint Laurent.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2024

In the ’50s-set “Phantom Thread,” only her Alma is capable of countering a battle of wills with Day-Lewis’s fastidious couturier Reynolds Woodcock.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2023

The French couturier simply resorted to a shrug of the shoulder and a laugh, implying that the accusations were beneath his notice.

From The Americanization of Edward Bok : the autobiography of a Dutch boy fifty years after by Edward William Bok

The first costumes were made by dressmakers and couturiers, but a network of costume professionals would emerge, designers who realized that clothing in film had to be fascinating, energized—stories within the story.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Artists and couturiers are fond of the whimsy of trompe l’oeil, the trick of the eye, the illusion of reality.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026

Even Russian couturiers rely heavily on Italy to provide the exclusive materials that go into clothing their wealthy clientele.

From Reuters ● Jun. 27, 2022

Aditya Birla Fashion, owned by the India-based multinational Aditya Birla Group, has done the same - in recent years it has acquired stake in major couturiers like Sabyasachi, Tarun Tahiliani and Shantanu & Nikhil.

From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2021

Some of the couturiers in the Rue de la Paix are issuing fashion-pronouncing handbooks, while others have their own interpreters to assist customers.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 5, 1919 by Various




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