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haute couture

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Definition:
1. A common term for high fashion as produced in Paris and imitated in other fashion capitals such as New York, London, and Milan.
2. The fashion houses or fashion designers that create exclusive and often trend-setting fashions
3. Any unique stylish design made to order for wealthy and high-status clients.
4. French fashion

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Vicar: [to Emmet] It's the Bucket woman!
[Hyacinth enters the church auditorium, singing badly]
Hyacinth: [to the 3 actresses] Oh, is that what you're wearing? It's not very haute couture, is it?

BBC. Keeping Up Appearances: A Barbecue at Violets (1995)
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Gerald had taken her to an establishment in the Chaussee d'Antin. It was not one of what Gerald called les grandes maisons, but it was on the very fringe of them, and the real haute couture was practised therein; and Gerald was remembered there by name.

Arnold Bennett. The Old Wives' Tale (1903)
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