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title: "Prêt-à-porter"
description: "Prêt-à-porter, or ready-to-wear, is clothing made in standard sizes and sold finished, as opposed to made-to-measure."
type: Glossary
url: https://teazle.art/glossary/pret-a-porter
published: 2026-10-14
updated: 2026-10-14
author: "The Teazle editors"
---

# Prêt-à-porter

*Prêt-à-porter, or ready-to-wear, is clothing made in standard sizes and sold finished, as opposed to made-to-measure.*

The French term translates the American “ready-to-wear”. Designer prêt-à-porter collections are shown each season in fashion weeks, and since the 1960s most couture houses have depended on them, and on accessories and perfume, more than on [haute couture](https://teazle.art/glossary/haute-couture.md).


## Sources

1. [Prêt-à-porter (AAT 300227765)](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300227765). Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus
2. [Ready to wear definition](https://www.apparelsearch.com/definitions/fashion/ready_to_wear.htm). Apparel Search
3. [Prêt-à-porter (Q2912428)](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2912428). Wikidata

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