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

“I’m getting plenty of ideas,” said Bessie, “but I don’t know that my couturière would particularly appreciate them.”

From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by James, Henry

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