couture house

noun

An official designation for a haute couture brand.

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Meanings

nouncouture house (plural couture houses)

plural couture houses

  1. An official designation for a haute couture brand.

    To qualify as a couture house, which is an official designation like champagne, a brand must maintain an atelier of a certain number of artisans full time and produce a specific number of garments twice a year for a show.

    2018 June 30, Vanessa Friedman, “Why We Cover High Fashion”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
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