What Does Couture Mean?

Couture is the art and business of manufacturing, designing and selling of highly stylish and fashionable clothing for women. Fashion designers and dress designers are known to form a group called couture.  The high fashion clothing called couture created by fashion designers is famous for making a style statement.  As the style icon Coco Chanel once quoted, ""Fashion passes, style remains."

Several communes in France also go by the name "couture" or "La couture. " The word is French for "sewing." The word "haute couture," meaning "high sewing," stands for custom-made fashion houses or designers who specialize in custom-made fashion to suit a specific consumer. It is made from high quality elite brand of fabric and sewn with intricate detail from start to finish.

The Couture agency in Washington DC makes custom linens for special events...is this couture? Couture By Design is the special event planning firm. This is the first time I heard the term. Www.couturebydesign.net

Seam like in a dress pattern.

Actually, couture is french for culture.