How to Use haute couture in a Sentence

haute couture

noun
  • 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
  • Chiu's Instagram feed is an incredible tribute to her love of haute couture.
    Andrea Park, Marie Claire, 15 Jan. 2021
  • Today, vintage bowling shirts can be haute couture—or simple, nostalgic treasures.
    Gabe Bullard, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2024
  • The organizers of Paris Fashion Week plan to hold audience-free men's and haute couture shows later this month.
    Colleen Barry, Star Tribune, 15 Jan. 2021
  • Armed with a laptop and a Zoom connection, Abrams is shooting behind the scenes, revealing all the details and glamour of haute couture.
    Hunter Abrams, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2021
  • The painstaking attention to detail speaks to haute couture’s high standards and the significance of Day’s presence at the Globes.
    Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2021
  • In the spirit haute couture, Vacheron’s new Égérie (muse) collection draws inspiration from the elegant pleats of a woman’s dress.
    Jill Newman, Town & Country, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The fact that you’re surrounded by obscenely expensive haute couture displayed in vitrines like a Parisian art museum is almost beside the point.
    Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Echoing a look from Chiuri’s fall haute couture collection, it was hand-embroidered with gold feathers by the artisans of Maison Lemarié.
    Joelle Diderich, WWD, 31 July 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Working with the maison marked her first time shooting haute couture.
    Amy Verner, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The house remains dedicated to the traditions and schedules of the haute couture, but with a twist.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 26 May 2021
  • Attending the brand's fall/winter 2022 haute couture show this past July, the actress wowed in a hot pink tulle dress.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The chic armor was part of a custom haute couture outfit the house of Givenchy crafted for Chalamet.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2024
  • For the outing, Hadid slipped into more haute couture pieces, this time from the brand's fall 2021 collection.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 July 2022
  • Janelle Monáe went full solar flare in a Vera Wang haute couture vivid orange skirt with a black bustier.
    Maane Khatchatourian, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Featuring prominently is a recreation of a spring 1998 haute couture gown, which Stewart wears in the poster and in many pivotal scenes of the film.
    Sam Sussman, Vogue, 6 Nov. 2021

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