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Recent Examples of ready-to-wear
Gabrielle Chenault, The Tennessean, 18 Feb. 2025
Backstage at the Marc Jacobs fall 2025 ready-to-wear show.
—Vogue Runway, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
It will be followed by a longer-running space on the third floor that will feature the full range of Marc Jacobs ready-to-wear and accessories.
—Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 14 Feb. 2025
The Oscar winner and mom of six, 49, continued her red carpet streak on Feb. 7, arriving at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards in an elegant nude-colored sheer lace gown from the Eli Saab Spring-Summer '25 ready-to-wear collection.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
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Founded in 1859 in Memphis, the brand first operated as a ready-to-wear menswear store.
—Gabrielle Chenault, The Tennessean, 18 Feb. 2025
Backstage at the Marc Jacobs fall 2025 ready-to-wear show.
—Vogue Runway, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
It will be followed by a longer-running space on the third floor that will feature the full range of Marc Jacobs ready-to-wear and accessories.
—Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 14 Feb. 2025
The Oscar winner and mom of six, 49, continued her red carpet streak on Feb. 7, arriving at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards in an elegant nude-colored sheer lace gown from the Eli Saab Spring-Summer '25 ready-to-wear collection.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ready-to-wear
Adjective
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About one in six people fit decently well into off-the-rack clubs.—
Steve Metsch,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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The preponderance and diversity of such high-quality, easy-to-access threads has recast off-the-rack suits as the ultimate way to experiment with your look, not just a way for some to get dressed on the cheap.—
Aleks Cvetkovic,
Robb Report,
26 Jan. 2025
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Today, there are no couture patterns being sold, although some rtw designers do still sell patterns, including Badgley Mischka and Rachel Comey.—
Booth Moore,
WWD,
20 Feb. 2025
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Dressed in a couture track suit and armed with the right words, Harrison quickly made an impression on Greene, who gave him his number.—
C. Clark, M. Vorkunov and F. Katz,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The challenges facing the Polar Security Cutter Program are ready-made for DOGE.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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The offense should be ready-made for 2025 Riley proved himself this season, guiding a Clemson offense that improved from 98th nationally in yards per play (5.3) in 2023 to 28th (6.3) in 2024.—
Grace Raynor,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Fewer bells and whistles and an attention to precise tailoring.—
Kerry Pieri,
Vogue,
18 Feb. 2025
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My sense of tailoring is almost like a cross-cultural intervention between British tailoring and Indian tailoring.—
Naomi Rougeau,
Robb Report,
17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The National Retail Federation expects U.S. online and non-store sales this year to grow as much as 23% from 2020, to roughly $1.13 trillion, the trade group said in June.—
Angus Loten,
WSJ,
27 Oct. 2021
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And online and other non-store sales are expected to increase between 10% and 12%.—
Ivana Pino,
Fortune,
20 Dec. 2022
Noun
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Design-wise, sportswear and wearability remained the prevailing themes, with the most successful collections leaning into rich textural contrasts.—
David Moin,
WWD,
12 Feb. 2025
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Ye, one of the most feted and successful figures in hip-hop, had built up a fashion brand, Yeezy, which began as a collaboration with Adidas — but the German sportswear giant cut ties with him in 2022 over his antisemitic remarks.—
Patrick Smith,
NBC News,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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DoD brass blocked it from using off-the-shelf commercial satellites, as originally envisioned, over worries about relying on private-sector companies that could fail or change their business strategies.—
Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Other research teams, including scientists at MD Anderson, are working on off-the-shelf mRNA vaccines for pancreatic cancer, meaning the vaccines have a target that is common in all pancreatic cancer tumors, rather than a personalized target based on a person’s individual tumor.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC News,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Yo Mama’s Dairy-Free Caesar: Tasters found this contender for our best store-bought Caesar Salad dressing taste test too oily.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appétit,
13 Feb. 2025
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Growing carrots from seed can give you a harvest of sweet roots way better than store-bought with these growing tips.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Feb. 2025
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“Ready-to-wear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ready-to-wear. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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