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COUTURIER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does couturier mean?
• COUTURIER (noun)
The noun COUTURIER has 1 sense:
1. someone who designs clothing
Familiarity information: COUTURIER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who designs clothing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
clothes designer; couturier; designer; fashion designer
Hypernyms ("couturier" is a kind of...):
creator (a person who grows or makes or invents things)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "couturier"):
costume designer; costumer; costumier (someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade))
Instance hyponyms:
Balenciaga; Cristobal Balenciaga (Spanish fashion designer known for his stark elegant designs (1895-1972))
Christian Dior; Dior (French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style that became known as the New Look (1905-1957))
Calvin Klein; Calvin Richard Klein; Klein (United States fashion designer noted for understated fashions (born in 1942))
Elsa Schiaparelli; Schiaparelli (fashion designer born in Italy who was noted for her use of synthetic materials and brilliant colors (1896-1973))
Gianni Versace; Versace (Italian fashion designer (1946-1997))
Charles Frederick Worth; Worth (French couturier (born in England) regarded as the founder of Parisian haute couture; noted for introducing the bustle (1825-1895))
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