"couture" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2007, Cally Blackman, 100 Years of Fashion Illustration, →ISBN, page 166:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "Anyway, there are only a few hundred clients in the world who regularly buy couture, including Middle Eastern royalty and American businesswomen.",
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