NOUN
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ready-made clothing
she couldn't find anything in ready-to-wear that she liked
ADJECTIVE
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(especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock
ready-to-wear clothes
a ready-made jacket
How To Use ready-to-wear In A Sentence
- The styles are simple, with set-in shoulders, pared-down forms and the type of finish you might expect from ready-to-wear. When Just Any Old Lycra Won't Do
- I'm looking at it afresh and applying my findings not only to our bespoke tailoring but to the ready-to-wear collection. Times, Sunday Times
- Madame Grès, born Germaine Krebs, was once as well-known as her contemporary Coco Chanel, but while Ms. Chanel sold mass-produced ready-to-wear, Ms. Grès designed only hand-made haute couture that sold first as the label "Alix" and later as "Madame Grès. Collecting Vintage Dresses Like Art
- The disappearance of bespoke tailoring has been offset by better ready-to-wear clothes and the coming of certain designer labels only the more discerning will recognise.
- The business grew and they got into men's ready-to-wear and, in the 1960s, added such stylish items as dungarees during the denim revolution.
- Apparently the yanqui-baiting octogenarian, formerly a die-hard fan of military fatigues, now favors the kind of ready-to-wear warm-up gear that only a German-based sports company can provide.
- In September, Kaiser Karl canceled his Lagerfeld fashion show, revealing plans to create a "masstige" ready-to-wear collection that would be sold online and available next fall. Karl Lagerfeld To Design For Macy's
- Now her career is about to come full circle, as she launches her first full ready-to-wear bridal range. Times, Sunday Times
- The brand has been the top-selling designer ready-to-wear maker at many U.S. department stores for years, outselling Armani, which usually hovers around No. Akris Captures the Season With Wedding Tower Views
- In an effort to earn greater regard—and profits—from the mainstream fashion audience, she will place her famous name on her midpriced line of ready-to-wear, which is now called "Lavender" and will be called "Vera Wang. Beyond Bridal: Vera Wang's New Look