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Couture vs Glamour - What's the difference?

couture | glamour |

As nouns the difference between couture and glamour

is that couture is the production of high-end, custom-made clothing while glamour is an item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance.

As a verb glamour is

to enchant; to bewitch.

couture

English

Noun

(-)
  • (fashion) The production of high-end, custom-made clothing
  • * {{quote-book, 2007, Cally Blackman, 100 Years of Fashion Illustration citation
    • , passage=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.}}

    Derived terms

    * couturist * couture house

    Related terms

    * couturier * couturial * haute couture ----

    glamour

    English

    Alternative forms

    * glamor (US) (Commonwealth-spelling widely accepted across the states.)

    Noun

  • (countable) an item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance
  • Witchcraft; magic charm; a spell affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are.
  • A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.
  • Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, or person, through which it or they appear delusively magnified or glorified.
  • (uncountable) Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal)
    • glamour''' magazines; a '''glamour model

    Derived terms

    * glamorous/glamourous * glamorously * glamour model * glamour photography * glammed up * glam rock * glam

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To enchant; to bewitch.

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