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prêt-à-porter

Verified Fashion & beauty French in English
prêt-à-porter
prêt-à-porter

Definition

Designer clothes sold ready to wear.

From French prêt-à-porter.

Merriam-Webster records 1959 for this headword. The date refers to the dictionary’s recorded sense, which may differ from the meaning illustrated here. See the dictionary entry.

Example of use

The label presented its prêt-à-porter collection in March.

Historical attestation

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pr%C3%AAt-%C3%A0-porter

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