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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 clothingplay

  Familiarity information: COUTURIER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COUTURIER (noun)


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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