couturiere

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“Chanel craved the power and independence of men,” says Gioia Diliberto, who has written a novel and a play about the couturière and who contributed an essay to the show’s catalog.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2012

One, Valentina Nicholaevna Sanina, later turned up New York as the great couturière Valentina.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2012

Be that as it may, nobody, upon learning that Beijing has its own couturière, would ever imagine such a salon.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2010

My brother lives yet, and my boy, Pierre, who was shot at Balaklava, he has two children and his wife, who is couturière, and I must aid them.

From Prisoners of Poverty Abroad by Campbell, Helen

To be modiste and to be couturière is like being a painter and a singer at the same time.

From The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel by Winter, John Strange