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Ready-to-wear or '''''prêt-à-porter''''' is the Fashion Design term for Clothing marketed in a finished condition, in standard clothing sizes (in casual usage, '''off the rack''' or "off-the-peg"). Some Fashion House s or Fashion Designers create ready-to-wear lines that are mass-produced and industrially manufactured, while others offer lines that are very exclusive and produced only in limited numbers and only for a limited time. Whatever the quantity produced, these lines are never one of a kind. Fashion houses that produce a Haute Couture line, such as Chanel , Dior , and Lacroix , each produce a ready-to-wear line, which returns a greater profit due to the availability of the clothing. Relative to couture, ready-to-wear clothing is often more practical and informal, though these things are not always the case. The craftsmanship of ready-to-wear clothing is also held to a lower standard than that of haute couture. High-end ready-to-wear lines are sometimes based upon a famous gown or pattern that is then duplicated to raise the designer's visibility level. Designers producing ready-to-wear lines generally present a collection each season during a period known as Fashion Week . This takes place on a city-wide basis and occurs twice per year. Collections for fall are shown early in the year, usually around February, and spring collections shown around September. Ready-to-wear fashion weeks occur separately from those of haute couture. Paris , New York , and Milan are home to the world's most famed fashion weeks, but many other major cities such as London, Los Angeles and Tokyo hold fashion weeks that are both highly-anticipated and well-publicised. EXTERNAL LINKS |