How to Use haute couture in a Sentence

haute couture

noun
  • Granted, the stage often lends itself less to haute couture than hot garbage.
    Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 22 July 2019
  • The beauty shots capture all the austerity and eroticism of haute couture.
    Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 18 July 2019
  • In fact, asking to meet over hot dogs and milkshakes in haute couture is a rather apt analogy for Newport herself.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The Elie Saab haute couture sequin design was backless with a unique high collar, high slit and ruffly detail at the waist.
    Leanne Italie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2019
  • The artists at this Lowe Mill art center are making their own fashion statements, less haute couture and more creative expression.
    Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Last month during the haute couture in Paris, Viard emerged from backstage without Lagerfeld to acknowledge the crowd at the end of the show.
    Jessica Iredale, Town & Country, 19 Feb. 2019
  • Many of us are far from being the authority on haute couture, but that isn't stopping the Internet from playing fashion police.
    Ineye Komonibo, Marie Claire, 6 May 2019
  • Gaultier, who famously dressed Madonna, will retire after his Jan. 22 Paris haute couture show.
    Lindsay Weinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2020
  • The supplier to haute couture houses like Dior, Brochier Soieries is also known for its exclusive reprints of famous artwork.
    Mary Winston Nicklin, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2019
  • Nathalie Emmanuel Nathalie Emmanuel brought a touch of haute couture to the event in a burgundy Chanel fall 2019 haute couture strapless dress.
    Ty Gaskins, WWD, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The Teen Spirit star has been serving up serious looks in France throughout the nearly two-week-long festival, gracing us with bold ball gowns, retro haute couture, and so much more.
    Emma Sarran Webster, Teen Vogue, 25 May 2019
  • The group was fascinated to learn more about the history of Chanel haute couture and were privileged to be given a preview of Ms. Viard’s first collection.
    Jasmine Contomichalos, Vogue, 9 July 2019
  • The outfit is actually a callback to famous black and white photo of a model wearing one of Christian Dior's haute couture creations in the '40s.
    Abby Gardner, Glamour, 22 May 2019
  • Rosamund Pike in Dior haute couture at the Golden Globes.
    Alice Newbold, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Valentino is a tribute to the haute couture and all the over-the-top display of wealth that comes with it.
    Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 May 2022
  • Her attire, never off the cuff, is a study of style, class and 1960s haute couture.
    Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Mar. 2022
  • The haute couture metallic silver lamé gown featured a large bow across the bust and a long cape that draped down to the floor.
    Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Some of the petites mains who create haute couture have worked there since the time of the house’s founder, Hubert de Givenchy.
    Alexandra Marshall, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2020
  • She’s the angel on high, there to serve those who come to pray at the altar of haute couture wedding gowns.
    Shannon Carlin, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2021
  • My first film was about Valentino, which was the opposite end of the spectrum — the world of haute couture.
    Meredith Blakestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
  • No place embodies the spirit of haute couture quite like the Plaza Athénée.
    Amy Louise Bailey, Travel + Leisure, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The haute couture house is known for its eccentric work.
    Dallas News, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Models, decked out in the brightest and boldest beauty looks for all of the haute couture shows.
    Alaina Demopoulos, Allure, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Like Mariah is one day in haute couture but is in Levi’s running around town.
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 3 Dec. 2021
  • In a nod to haute couture fashion, the engraved pleated motif on the edge of the dial of the Égérie is inspired by the pleats on a skirt.
    Carol Besler, Robb Report, 13 Jan. 2022
  • It’s at Lady Dant’s that Mrs. Harris gets her first taste of haute couture.
    Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2022
  • Platform/chunky boots or shoes, statement pieces, haute couture are the best things to pair a New Bedstuy piece with.
    Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
  • According to Vogue Paris, the gown is an haute couture dress from Chanel that took a total of 1,054 hours to construct.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 2 Sep. 2021
  • This was the inaugural runway show for the haute couture brand on African soil.
    Bird Story Agency, Quartz, 19 Jan. 2023
  • What happens if the Chinese lose their appetite for haute couture?
    Carol Ryan, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2020

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