pret-a-porter
Factory-made fashion clothing
Prêt-à-porter is French for "ready to wear"—clothing manufactured in standard sizes and sold finished, as opposed to haute couture made to individual measurements.
The term entered English fashion vocabulary to describe designer clothing that's mass-produced rather than custom-fitted: The collection debuted at Paris prêt-à-porter week.
Often appears without the accents.
Factory-made standard-size garments
- runwayPaved path for planes
- collectionGathered set of items
- designerOne who plans appearances
- haute coutureCustom luxury dressmaking
fashion week · garment · boutique · label · seasonal · catwalk · lookbook · atelier
Pre-made, not tailored
- sizingDetermining or adjusting dimensions
- department storeLarge multi-section retail establishment
- rackFrame for holding items
- hangerCloset garment support
standard fit · mass-produced · wholesale · inventory · stockroom · price point · markdown · merchandising
Industrial product creation
- productionMaking or generating something
- garment districtUrban area for clothing production
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- gradingAssigning marks to work
cutting · sewing · textile · supply chain · sourcing · quality control · labor · assembly line
ready-to-wear
Factory-made standard-size garments
- runwayPaved path for planes
- collectionGathered set of items
- designerOne who plans appearances
haute couture · fashion week · garment · boutique · label · seasonal · catwalk · lookbook · atelier · silhouette
off-the-rack
Pre-made, not tailored
- sizingDetermining or adjusting dimensions
- department storeLarge multi-section retail establishment
- rackFrame for holding items
hanger · standard fit · mass-produced · wholesale · inventory · stockroom · price point · markdown · merchandising · display
manufacturing
Industrial product creation
- productionMaking or generating something
- garment districtUrban area for clothing production
- factoryIndustrial production facility
grading · cutting · sewing · textile · supply chain · sourcing · quality control · labor · assembly line · fast fashion
- fashionfashion, clothing, apparel, attire, garment
- fashion termsstyle, fashion week, runway, catwalk, runway shows
- French fashion termshaute couture, chic, couture, avant-garde, silhouette
pret-a-porterbespoke
Made to individual specifications
made-to-measure · custom-made · haute couture · tailor-made · made-to-order
pret-a-porterhaute couture
Custom luxury dressmaking
high fashion · couture · runway fashion · fast fashion · mass-market
porter, port, portable, portability, portage, transport, transportation, export, import