couturiere

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Perhaps that is why Secrest—who has also written books on Frank Lloyd Wright, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Modigliani, among others—is the first to write a biography of the Italian couturiere.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 2, 2014

She paid a flying visit to her favorite couturiere, Jeanne Lanvin in the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore, just a fortnight before the Americans came to town.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Well, my dear," Mrs. Westgate pursued, "I hope you are getting some ideas for your couturiere?"

From An International Episode by James, Henry

Her clothes were made by a certain famous couturiere in Hanover Square, for Lady Ranscomb had the art of dressing her daughter as well as she did herself.

From Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo by Le Queux, William

This, which would have defeated a bargain with any common couturiere, succeeded perfectly with Adrienne.

From Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore