haute couture 

French term refering to the extravagant and often absurd and impractically unrealistic fashion pieces that designers create to demonstrate their unique style and inventiveness.

Proper pronunciation can be tricky; haute is somewhere between ought and oat, pronounced quickly so that the o is highly unrounded ("oh", if held long enough, ends up sounding like a /oo/). couture is pronounced ko'tur with a highly unrounded 'o', a 'u' that sounds almost like a german umlaut, and an 'r' made in a way similar to gargling.

Alternatively, you could pronounce it in a very American fashion as 'ought kuh-ter'.

See also: couture

You can find plenty of haute couture in Parisian shops.

haute couture by koji May 22, 2004

Haute couture 

A word that Bert McCracken and Gerard Way can not pronounce.

Bert> "This Haute couture.. is some crazy shit."

Haute couture by amandA April 24, 2005

Haute couture 

Fench for high sewing, refering to the quality of clothes. The term is ambigous. In some circles, it refers strictly to clothes manufactured in Paris, where use of the term is governed, but late in the last century it has been extended to include the produce of houses in other large cities around the world.

Haute couture is always to be pronounced in a french accent, to appease the needs of glitterati.


Haute couture poker

Haute couture by Kung-fu Jesus July 6, 2004

Haute couture 

a french word literally meaning High Culture...a.k.a. something that's "supposed" to be really fashionable.

kim: leggings are haute couture?

matthew: i like legs.

Haute couture by Kim L'Amour October 2, 2006

Haute Couture 

Haute Couture is a division of the fashion industry organized by the trade association named the Fédération de la Haute Couture (formerly the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture). In Haute Couture, High fashion Houses produce two collections a year and then make customized versions of the designs in the collection for individual clients according to their specific measurements. Haute Couture collections are the most prestigious and luxurious that exist in the fashion industry. The materials are precious, everything is studied in detail. And it takes about 200-500 hours or even more to create one of these custom-made garments.

Haute Couture The materials are precious, everything is studied in detail. And it takes about 200-500 hours or even more to create one of these custom-made garments.

Haute Couture by Abundance Love January 12, 2025

Haute Couture Pokeur 

The act of leaving the poker table when you are up $50.00 leaving the others to lose their $$.

Dan left the Haute Couture Pokeur table at 11:00pm.

Haute Couture Pokeur by Nummy Bear October 11, 2003

Haute Couture Pokeur 

The act of playing poker while wearing Haute Couture Fashion.

Please join us at Craig and Cory's house for a friendly game of Haute Couture Pokeur.

Haute Couture Pokeur by Babycakes October 8, 2003