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couturier

[koo-toor-ee-ey, -ee-er, -toor-yey, koo-ty-ryey] / kuˈtʊər iˌeɪ, -i ər, -ˈtʊər jeɪ, ku tüˈrjeɪ /


NOUN
outfitter
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NOUN
stylist
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Dubbed "a couturier of the sacred" by Vogue magazine, Sorcinelli has seen his business expand over the years, now encompassing perfumes and body products for the general public.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

In February 1947 the couturier Christian Dior harked back to the rosy autochrome with his first collection, “Corolle,” named for the petaled cup of a flower and later christened the New Look.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 21, 2025

Maison Margiela’s creative director John Galliano, the iconoclastic couturier who previously headed artistry at Givenchy and Christian Dior, is leaving his post at the luxury French fashion house after a decade-long run.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 12, 2024

Earlier this year, Sotheby's sold a purple, velvet, strapless evening gown worn by Diana, designed by couturier Victor Edelstein for his autumn 1989 collection, for just over $600,000, five times its pre-auction estimate.

From Reuters Jul. 17, 2023

Then she said we had better go to her couturier in the Rue de la Paix.

From The Visits of Elizabeth by Elinor Glyn

It was designed by another of the Queen's couturiers, Hardy Amies, who later went on to create space-age get-ups for Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film, A Space Odyssey.

From BBC Dec. 26, 2025

While studying under couturiers in Paris, his greatest education came from witnessing the protests of 1968.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 23, 2023

In part because it’s a riposte to the old saw that American designers are not as creative as couturiers like … Dior!

From New York Times Sep. 15, 2021

Cristobal Balenciaga, recognised as one of the top couturiers in the fashion industry, closed his Paris-based atelier in 1968.

From Reuters Jul. 7, 2021

Bok called upon the American woman to come out from under the yoke of the French couturiers, show her patriotism, and encourage American design.

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




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