couture

n. 时髦女子服装业

cou.ture

n.（名词）
The business of designing, making, and selling highly fashionable, usually custom-made clothing for women.
女式服装业：设计、制作并销售非常时髦的通常是定作的女式服装的行业
Dressmakers and fashion designers considered as a group.
服装设计师和裁缝的总称
The high-fashion clothing created by designers.
时装：由设计师制作的极流行的服装

来源：
French [sewing]
法语 [缝制品]
from Old French cousture
源自 古法语 cousture
from Vulgar Latin *cônsôtôra
源自 俗拉丁语 *cônsôtôra
from Latin cônsuere cônsôt- [to sew together]
源自 拉丁语 cônsuere cônsôt- [一起缝制]
com- [com-]
com- [共同，一起]
suere [to sew] * see syô-
suere [缝制] *参见 syô-