1
of clothing : ready-made
2
: dealing in ready-made clothes
ready-to-wear stores
ready-to-wear noun

Examples of ready-to-wear in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Leading up to Dries Van Noten’s final farewell, the designer dropped a ready-to-wear summer 2024 men’s collection filled with seasonal patterns, lots of sparkle and his distinct avant-garde edge. Erin Lassner, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2024 Photo: Jamie McCarthy / Getty Images 2006 Alexander McQueen, fall 2006 ready-to-wear See the collection. Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 7 May 2024 The aesthetic many players lean on is rooted in sleek, sophisticated ready-to-wear designs that are crafted into quality garments. Essence, 2 May 2024 She is seen here on set with Calvin Klein in 1980 modeling for his 1981 ready-to-wear collection. Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2024 The brand stopped creating ready-to-wear in 2014, then in 2020 the eponymous designer decided to step away from designing at his lauded brand. Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 17 Apr. 2024 His eponymous label has since expanded into complete men’s and women’s ready-to-wear collections, footwear, accessories, and fragrances. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2024 Alongside the designer’s signature haute couture and ready-to-wear collections, the RC Menswear brand and the youth line Just Cavalli — launched in 1998 and offering accessories, sunglasses, watches, fragrances, lingerie and swimwear — had also been born. Pino Gagliardi, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024 Her fashion merges all of these influences to craft a uniquely contemporary vision of ready-to-wear that merges unconventional materials with timeless silhouettes. Vogue, 6 Apr. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of ready-to-wear was in 1895

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“Ready-to-wear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ready-to-wear. Accessed 20 May. 2024.

Kids Definition

ready-to-wear

adjective
ˌred-ēt-ə-ˈwa(ə)r,
-ˈwe(ə)r
: made in a standard size and not for any particular person

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