Etymology

haute couture

Today it means: High fashion as produced in Paris and imitated in other fashion capitals such as New York, London, and Milan. Full definition →

French haute couture
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  1. French · borrowed fromhaute couture“haute couture, high fashion”
  2. English todayhaute couture

Unadapted borrowing from French haute couture (“haute couture, high fashion”), from haute (“high, elegant”) + couture (“sewing”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.