haute couture

noun
🔊/ˌəʊt kuˈtjʊə(r)/
🔊/ˌəʊt kuˈtʊr/
[uncountable] (from French)
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  1. the business of making fashionable and expensive clothes; the clothes made in this business高档女子时装业;高档女子时装
    • the world of haute couture高级时装的世界
    Topics Clothes and Fashionc2
    Word OriginFrench, literally ‘high dressmaking’.