The blogger who found this word says, "haute couture: page 250 in The Glass Castle.
"if I overheard mention of something I was ignorant about... haute couture...""
The dictionary definition of haute couture is, "refers to the creation of exclusive custom-fitted clothing."
The sentence we created in class to practice the word haute couture is:
Celebrities often wear haute couture.
Another sentence that was texted to the blog during class was:
The haute couture of that time period was very different from the top fashion we wear today.