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

"It looks rather like the waiting-room of a couturière."

From Bones in London by Wallace, Edgar

Just imagine the lamentation throughout the world if love, like the couturière set fashions for the seasons!

From The Hawk of Egypt by Conquest, Joan