couturiere

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“Chanel craved the power and independence of men,” says Gioia Diliberto, who has written a novel and a play about the couturière and who contributed an essay to the show’s catalog.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2012

One, Valentina Nicholaevna Sanina, later turned up New York as the great couturière Valentina.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2012

Be that as it may, nobody, upon learning that Beijing has its own couturière, would ever imagine such a salon.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2010

No black-haired student fondled the hand of a pretty couturière.

From The Soul of the War by Gibbs, Philip

Once the Baron stayed through the winter and fell ill, and a little couturière in the rue de Rennes, whom the old fellow fell in love with, nursed him.

From The Real Latin Quarter by Smith, F. Berkeley (Frank Berkeley)