Definition: Couture is the business of designing and producing fashionable, high quality, custom-made clothing. When you hear people talking about couture sewing, they are talking about fitting and finishing details. Techniques that are used by tailors for fitting and finishing details would require couture sewing knowledge.
Think of buying a garment from a department store rack verses buying it from a specialty shop. The specialty shop will check for proper fitting. The garment may have interfacing in the hem so that the garment hangs better than the department store version without interfacing in the hem. You will find more details inside the specialty shop garment than you will find in the department store item. Those details and others would use couture sewing techniques.
As you learn to sew, take the time to master the basic and couture sewing techniques and detail will fall into place. No one should start learning to sew with an exquisite wedding gown being their first sewing project.
Think of buying a garment from a department store rack verses buying it from a specialty shop. The specialty shop will check for proper fitting. The garment may have interfacing in the hem so that the garment hangs better than the department store version without interfacing in the hem. You will find more details inside the specialty shop garment than you will find in the department store item. Those details and others would use couture sewing techniques.
As you learn to sew, take the time to master the basic and couture sewing techniques and detail will fall into place. No one should start learning to sew with an exquisite wedding gown being their first sewing project.
Pronunciation: koo-toor
Also Known As: Haute Couture
Common Misspellings: conture contour
Examples:
The couturier in the village, closed his couture shop and there is no where to get a tailor fit suit anymore.
