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 Samet spent most of her career in senior management positions at Macy’s and Saks Fifth Avenue, covering a range of categories, including ready-to-wear, accessories and intimates. Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 9 Aug. 2024 Photo: Getty Paris, spring 2019 ready-to-wear in Christian Dior. Irene Kim, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2024 Lindbergh also photographed Dior looks — spanning haute couture and ready-to-wear, women’s and men’s — for publications including U.S. Vogue, Vogue Paris, Vogue Italia, Vanity Fair and Harper’s Bazaar. Joelle Diderich, WWD, 2 Aug. 2024 Think Lanvin, Chanel, and Dior couture and ready-to-wear spanning decades. Kasia Dietz, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 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

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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 18 Aug. 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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