prêt-à-porter

noun

variants or pret-a-porter
Definition of prêt-à-porternext
as in couture

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  1. couture
  2. tailoring
  3. sportswear
  4. outerwear
Noun
  • The Colombian singer wore a dress from Celia Kritharioti’s fall 2026 couture collection, completing the look with the Flor de Maria peep-toe heeled mules in white.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • The princess, for her part, opted for an off-the-shoulder black velvet dress by Balenciaga from the fall-winter 1967 couture collection.
    — Blanche Marcel, Vanity Fair, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of couture
Noun
  • For Tokyoites, meanwhile—especially those of an Anglophile persuasion, given Japan’s long-standing reverence for British tailoring, subcultures, and craft—the appeal lay in the opposite direction.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Signature tailoring also redraws proportions to refine the silhouettes.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of tailoring
Noun
  • The event’s setting offered a fitting backdrop for the brand, which sits between classic American sportswear and an irreverent approach to getting dressed.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • In recent years, as streetwear, sportswear and high fashion comingle, the humble cap has been given new life on the runways.
    — Joan Kennedy, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of sportswear
Noun
  • And Raxxy, the outerwear brand founded by William Shen, will create an installation at the fair showcasing its down jackets that blur the lines between fashion, mathematics and sculpture.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • So far, so standard espionage drama stuff — albeit executed with above-average style, from Sam and Helen’s enviable collection of fall outerwear to cool action sequences that have fun with the layout of a posh gallery or a Downton-esque manor.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of outerwear
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