略自haute couture，最终源自法語 couture。
couture（可數 & 不可數，複數 coutures）
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2007，Cally Blackman， 100 Years of Fashion Illustration[1], →ISBN, 頁號166:It was the branding of these products, rather than the couture itself, that would become the foundation of the industry, generating huge global sales by the last quarter of the century.- （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
