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Couture, Thomas

Couture, Thomas (tômä' kOOtür') [key], 1815–79, French academic painter. He was a pupil of Gros and Delaroche. He achieved fame with his vast orgy painting, Romans in the Decadence of the Empire (1847; Louvre). Acquiring a great reputation as a teacher, he wrote two treatises on painting. Puvis de Chavannes, Manet, and Fantin-Latour worked in his studio at various times.

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When High Fashion Meets Low; Rather than fight, some of the biggest names in couture are either closing up luxury shops or going to work for the mass-market retailers. (Newsweek)

McFashion Design; The End Of The Lines: Rather than fight, some of the biggest names in couture are either closing up luxury shops or going to work for the former knockoff artists of fast fashion. It's a seismic shift in power. (Newsweek International)

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