How to Use couturier in a Sentence

couturier

noun
Definition of couturiernext
  • Meanwhile, young couturier Yiqing Yin made her first foray into ready-to-wear as the new creative director of Leonard.
    — Christine Whitney, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Apr. 2014
  • Couturier scored just 37 seconds later and Brayden Schenn forged another tie by converting a rebound on the power play.
    — Eric Stephens, Orange County Register, 1 Jan. 2017
  • The film is set in the meticulous world of a 1950s couturier.
    — Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2017
  • It’s hard to guess whether the sharp-tongued couturier would have cared either way.
    — Bob Morris, Town & Country, 6 Aug. 2019
  • Traditionally, the job of the couturier had been to cater to the day-to-night wardrobe needs of women of means.
    — Vogue, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Grand shapes were back again for Fall, but this time Jacobs was looking in the mirror, rather than at the couturiers of old.
    — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2019
  • The designer, who has something of a couturier’s touch, knew just how to correct the fit.
    — Olivia Hosken, Town & Country, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The couturier Emanuel Ungaro died on Saturday at the age of 86.
    — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Bradleys was a top London furrier and couturier set up in the 1860s.
    — Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 8 June 2018
  • In the ‘60s and ‘70s, the couturier’s influence was immense.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 4 June 2021
  • And, in the late 1960s, Yves Saint Laurent became one of the first couturiers to champion ready-to-wear versions of their work.
    — Matthew Dalton, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2017
  • Isabel Toledo, who died last week of breast cancer, at the age of fifty-nine, was in a class by herself as a couturier.
    — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2019
  • And even Jackie Kennedy shopped with Parisian couturiers.
    — Erika Harwood, Vanities, 5 Apr. 2017
  • The sister duo also had the task of opening the show together in a style inspired by the hour-long runway shows of the couturiers in Paris.
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2018
  • For the engagement, the duchess wore a navy long sleeve dress with a white tiered skirt by British couturier Bruce Oldfield, a pearl necklace, black heels, and a black clutch.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Feb. 2019
  • The couturier had equally fond words for Paco Rabanne, who passed away last month at 88.
    — Tina Isaac-Goizé, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2023
  • However, the brand first caught the eye of royal couturier Norman Hartnell in 1947 for its use of much brighter hues.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 19 June 2018
  • However, Gabrielle was the first female couturier to create a scent for her House.
    — Allyson Portee, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Way insists that Lowe should be considered on the level of a couturier.
    — Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The dress code did not disappoint, as more than 100 guests wore handmade masks and costumes worthy of a couturier.
    — Vogue, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Perhaps the tongue-in-cheek couturier, for whom humor came naturally, put the bar too high, or maybe Viard simply does not want to rock the boat.
    — Thomas Adamson, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Near her stands the couturier, whose eye and nose form the shape of scissors; his shadow unfurling into a ribbon.
    — Vogue, 18 May 2022
  • Among the items on display is a romantic evening gown by couturier Coco Chanel.
    — Nadine Daher, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Azzedine is the great couturier, and any list without him would be incomplete.
    — Kin Woo, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The Spanish couturier praised one of the dresses in the collection, embroidered with lily of the valley patterns.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Rihanna drapes these childhood memories in the most decadent fabrics stitched by some of the most skilled couturiers in the world.
    — Tanisha C. Ford, The Atlantic, 7 June 2019
  • Hartnell’s triumph led to him becoming the Queen’s official couturier for the rest of her life.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 18 May 2018
  • At 97, the French haute couturier Pierre Cardin still conjures designs daily in his office.
    — Charlene K. Lau, The Atlantic, 28 July 2019
  • Prior to founding his Maison, Monsieur Dior opened two galleries and, as a couturier, continued in his support of the arts.
    — Stephanie Hirschmiller, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Reddy's dress is also a work of art, designed by Indian couturier Tarun Tahiliani.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024

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