Definition of prêt-à-porter in English:

prêt-à-porter

adjective ˌprɛtəˈpɔːteɪˌpredäpôrˈtā

(of designer clothes) sold ready-to-wear as opposed to made to measure.
in 1982, the duo presented their first prêt-à-porter collection in Milan

noun ˌprɛtəˈpɔːteɪˌpredäpôrˈtā

mass noun

Designer clothes sold ready to wear rather than made to measure.
she pioneered the concept of luxury prêt-à-porter in the 1950s
Example sentencesExamples
- A change of guards in Italian Fashion Maisons: Nicola Trussardi has called twenty-six-year-old Parisian Nicolas Ghesquiere to design women's prêt-à-porter and the collection for the USA.
- ‘We have already succeeded in placing a chocolate shop in the street before a prêt-à-porter boutique got in,’ Langlois says with obvious satisfaction.
- Already a collaborator with the Genny group, the Gilmar group, Maska and Mariella Burani, Alessandro has been producing his own women's prêt-à-porter (produced by Belle Maille di Carpi) for several years now.
- Barbie and prêt-à-porter arrived on the scene simultaneously.
- They quite obviously send out their spies to the prêt-à-porter shows, and they usually manage to pull off well-cut replicas.

Origin

French, literally 'ready to wear'.

Rhymes

forte, panforte

Definition of prêt-à-porter in US English:

prêt-à-porter

adjectiveˌpredäpôrˈtā

(of designer clothes) sold ready-to-wear as opposed to made to measure.
in 1982, the duo presented their first prêt-à-porter collection in Milan

nounˌpredäpôrˈtā

Designer clothes sold ready to wear rather than made to measure.
she pioneered the concept of luxury prêt-à-porter in the 1950s
Example sentencesExamples
- A change of guards in Italian Fashion Maisons: Nicola Trussardi has called twenty-six-year-old Parisian Nicolas Ghesquiere to design women's prêt-à-porter and the collection for the USA.
- ‘We have already succeeded in placing a chocolate shop in the street before a prêt-à-porter boutique got in,’ Langlois says with obvious satisfaction.
- Already a collaborator with the Genny group, the Gilmar group, Maska and Mariella Burani, Alessandro has been producing his own women's prêt-à-porter (produced by Belle Maille di Carpi) for several years now.
- Barbie and prêt-à-porter arrived on the scene simultaneously.
- They quite obviously send out their spies to the prêt-à-porter shows, and they usually manage to pull off well-cut replicas.

Origin

French, literally ‘ready to wear’.

单词	prêt-à-porter
释义	Definition of prêt-à-porter in English: prêt-à-porter adjective ˌprɛtəˈpɔːteɪˌpredäpôrˈtā (of designer clothes) sold ready-to-wear as opposed to made to measure. in 1982, the duo presented their first prêt-à-porter collection in Milan noun ˌprɛtəˈpɔːteɪˌpredäpôrˈtā mass noun Designer clothes sold ready to wear rather than made to measure. she pioneered the concept of luxury prêt-à-porter in the 1950s Example sentencesExamples A change of guards in Italian Fashion Maisons: Nicola Trussardi has called twenty-six-year-old Parisian Nicolas Ghesquiere to design women's prêt-à-porter and the collection for the USA. ‘We have already succeeded in placing a chocolate shop in the street before a prêt-à-porter boutique got in,’ Langlois says with obvious satisfaction. Already a collaborator with the Genny group, the Gilmar group, Maska and Mariella Burani, Alessandro has been producing his own women's prêt-à-porter (produced by Belle Maille di Carpi) for several years now. Barbie and prêt-à-porter arrived on the scene simultaneously. They quite obviously send out their spies to the prêt-à-porter shows, and they usually manage to pull off well-cut replicas. Origin French, literally 'ready to wear'. Rhymes forte, panforte Definition of prêt-à-porter in US English: prêt-à-porter adjectiveˌpredäpôrˈtā (of designer clothes) sold ready-to-wear as opposed to made to measure. in 1982, the duo presented their first prêt-à-porter collection in Milan nounˌpredäpôrˈtā Designer clothes sold ready to wear rather than made to measure. she pioneered the concept of luxury prêt-à-porter in the 1950s Example sentencesExamples A change of guards in Italian Fashion Maisons: Nicola Trussardi has called twenty-six-year-old Parisian Nicolas Ghesquiere to design women's prêt-à-porter and the collection for the USA. ‘We have already succeeded in placing a chocolate shop in the street before a prêt-à-porter boutique got in,’ Langlois says with obvious satisfaction. Already a collaborator with the Genny group, the Gilmar group, Maska and Mariella Burani, Alessandro has been producing his own women's prêt-à-porter (produced by Belle Maille di Carpi) for several years now. Barbie and prêt-à-porter arrived on the scene simultaneously. They quite obviously send out their spies to the prêt-à-porter shows, and they usually manage to pull off well-cut replicas. Origin French, literally ‘ready to wear’.
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