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 The French fashion house shared the announcement exclusively with WWD after the star attended its spring 2025 ready-to-wear show at the Grand Palais on the final day of Paris Fashion Week. Joelle Diderich, WWD, 1 Oct. 2024 Surprise your fashionable friends and family members by gifting arty home decor made by the designers behind their favorite ready-to-wear and accessory brands. Madeline Fass, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2024 To bring the pieces to life, Jalil leaned on his ready-to-wear background while learning new pillars of design from At Present experts. Essence, 28 Sep. 2024 On inspiration: At Citizens, we’ve always been excited by the narrative power of fashion and this season, ready-to-wear from the late 90s and reworked vintage are some of the elements that we’ve been drawn to. Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ready-to-wear 

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Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
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 5 Oct. 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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