Make better carrier for unfashionable clothing (7)
I believe the answer is:
couture
'make better carrier' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'for unfashionable clothing' is the wordplay.
'for' becomes 'cure' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'unfashionable' becomes 'out' (similar in meaning).
'clothing' is an insertion indicator.
'cure' placed around 'out' is 'COUTURE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for couture that I've seen before include "Design and manufacture of clothing" , "High-fashion dressmaking" , "High fashion design" , "Dress designing" .)