couturier
kooh too ree er
- n someone who designs clothing
- Christian Dior, the great French couturier who brought fashion out of the deprivations of World War II with the New Look, had died suddenly three months before, and Saint Laurent .
- Alessandra Facchinetti, a former designer of Gucci, will replace the legendary couturier as creative director of the Valentino women's collections.
- Even then, Chanel clothes were as high-priced as any Paris couturier's: but only Chanel delighted in having her styles copied--and made accessible at low cost to millions.