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Ready-to-wear clothing


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    • Off-the-peg clothing
    • Off-the-rack clothing
    • Prêt-à-porter clothing
    • Ready-made clothing
    • Readymade clothing
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    • found: Work cat.: Lindström, S. Gränslösa kläder, 2004.
    • found: LC online cat., 2008 Apr 23(ready-to-wear; ready to wear; ready-made garments; ready made clothing; prêt-à-porter)
    • found: Wikipedia, 2008 Apr 23(ready-to-wear or prêt à porter; the fashion design term for clothing marketed in a finished condition, in standard clothing sizes; in casual usage, off the rack or off the peg; some fashion houses or fashion designers create ready-to-wear lines that are mass-produced and industrially manufactured, while others offer lines that are very exclusive and produced only in limited numbers and only for a limited time; whatever the quantity produced, these lines are never one of a kind)
    • found: OED, viewed 2008 Apr 23(ready-to-wear: of clothing = ready-made; ready-made: of made or manufactured articles, in a finished state, immediately ready for use; now spec. of articles which are offered for sale in this state, in contrast to others of the same kind which are made to order; off-the-peg: from the stock available for immediate purchase in a shop, etc., used esp. with reference to clothing, freq. (esp. in early use) with implication of cheapness and shoddiness; off-the-rack = off-the-peg; prêt-à-porter: of clothes, sold ready to wear rather than made to measure)
    • found: Am. herit. dict., 2008 Apr 23(ready-to-wear; clothing marketed in a finished condition in standard sizes; prêt-à-porter: ready-to-wear clothing)
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    • 2008-04-29: new
    • 2008-12-06: revised
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