prêt-à-porter

noun

variants or pret-a-porter
Definition of prêt-à-porternext
as in couture

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  1. couture
  2. tailoring
  3. sportswear
  4. outerwear
Noun
  • Welcome To Shiz: Unlimited imagination, couture fashion, and spectacular production design come together at Shiz University, providing a place for performers and viewers to be fully immersed in the fantasy.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The bag is one of the larger couture designs, big enough to stuff with a laptop or jacket (though it's used that way less and less).
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of couture
Noun
  • There has been little direct evidence of such garments, but bone needles and the bones of the fur-bearing animals used to make pelts provide some indirect evidence of this early tailoring.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Blazy’s style is synonymous with slick, sophisticated tailoring, lashings of leather and off-beat accessories — all of which feel a far cry from Chanel’s heritage quilting and bouclé.
    Leah Dolan, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of tailoring
Noun
  • Nike, the world’s largest sportswear brand, is on a mission to regain its stride after a challenging year.
    Merritt Enright, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024
  • First, Paige is always going to be the masculine-feminine, the cross between the androgynous sportswear feel.
    Ruth Etiesit Samuel, Essence, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of sportswear
Noun
  • Santosh, with nowhere to go in her rural corner of India, quickly trades her traditional outerwear for a khaki cop uniform.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • These brands will offer outerwear, along with Moncler, Bogner and Pucci.
    Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of outerwear
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“Prêt-à-porter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pr%C3%AAt-%C3%A0-porter. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.

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