1
of clothing : ready-made
2
: dealing in ready-made clothes
ready-to-wear stores
ready-to-wear noun

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Since founding her label in the 1980s, Rowley has built a brand that spans ready-to-wear, surf and swim, accessories and home goods, while staging runway shows that often double as performance art. Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025 Don’t forget to check out our fall ready-to-wear guide. Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025 Stone also pulled her look straight from the runway, wearing a dress from the Louis Vuitton 2026 spring ready-to-wear collection. Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2025 At that event, Amal went flirty in a red velvet minidress from Oscar de la Renta's fall/winter 2025 ready-to-wear collection. Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 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 30 Oct. 2025.

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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