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Ready-to-wear clothing display of a U.S. Walmart department retailer in 2007. Ready-to-wear (RTW) – also called prêt-à-porter, or off-the-rack or off-the-peg in casual use – is the term for garments sold in finished condition in standardized sizes, as distinct from made-to-measure or bespoke clothing tailored to a particular person's frame.
The term prêt-à-porter was born in the 1960s, reacting against the traditional notions of fashion and garment-making process, satisfying the needs of pop culture and mass media. Paris acts as the center of the fashion industry and holds the name of global fashion capital.
Prêt-à-Porter, released in the United States as Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter), is a 1994 American satirical comedy-drama film co-written, directed, and produced by Robert Altman [3] and shot on location during the Paris Fashion Week with a host of international stars, models, and designers. [4]
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prêt-à-porter lit. "ready to wear"; clothing off the shelf, in contrast to haute couture. prie-dieu lit. "pray [to] God"; a type of prayer desk. prix fixe lit. "fixed price"; a menu on which multi-course meals with only a few choices are charged at a fixed price. protégé (fem. protégée)
Pret may refer to: Preta, a ghost of the Hindu and Buddhist tradition; Pret a Manger, a British sandwich retail chain; Prêt-à-porter, ready-to-wear fashion; often abbreviated as Pret, as in Pret-line; Preterite, in grammar, a past tense (glossing abbreviation: PRET
Daniel Hechter (born 30 July 1938) is a French-Belgian fashion designer who is sometimes referred to as the inventor of ready-to-wear (prêt-à-porter). He is also known for being the president of Paris Saint-Germain F.C. from 1974 to 1978, having designed the club's famous home shirt.
"Here Comes the Hotstepper" is a song co-written and recorded by Jamaican dancehall artist Ini Kamoze. It was released in 1994 by Columbia Records as the lead single from his 1995 album of the same name as well as the soundtrack to the film Prêt-à-Porter.