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

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Known for her bold silhouettes and palette to match, Roksanda brings her signature aesthetic to a range of ready-to-wear, accessories, shoes, and beauty. Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025 From those ten early dresses, a global brand has grown—complete with ready-to-wear, accessories, and a buzzy beauty line. Freya Drohan, Vogue, 21 May 2025 Menswear items were fused with women’s ready-to-wear which conveyed how comfortable the global artist was with enmeshing differing energies together mainly masculine and feminine energies. Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 15 May 2025 Matt also observes that unlike ready-to-wear fashion shows, Alta Moda gives guests and those working behind-the-scenes more time to breathe and immerse themselves in the brand’s universe. Bianca Salonga, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for ready-to-wear

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 28 May. 2025.

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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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