prêt-à-porter (English spelling) pretaporter

Japanese: prêt-à-porter(英語表記)pretaporter
prêt-à-porter (English spelling) pretaporter

…In France, ready-made clothing called confection tout fait (for women) and vêtement tout fait (for men) was produced before World War II, but in fashion-conscious areas such as Paris, many people had haute couture-style clothes made at petit couture (small dressmaking shops) where it was relatively easy to buy clothes. However, in the 1950s, haute couture began producing prêt-à-porter (meaning "ready to wear") in an attempt to popularize its work, and the proportion of ready-made clothes rose sharply, to over 90% of the total today. In addition, designers who specialize in prêt-à-porter have emerged, and the collections (pre-season presentations) held twice a year attract more international attention than the traditional haute couture presentations. …

From [Fashion Show]

...In France, they are called collections (also called presentation de collections), and used to be held twice a year, in spring/summer and autumn/winter. In 1954, French fashion designer Jacques Fath (1912-54) opened a prêt-à-porter (high-end ready-to-wear) department within his haute couture line, and announced that he would combine the pieces from that department with skirts from the ready-to-wear store Rodier, which sparked the rise of prêt-à-porter. After Dior's death (1957), prêt-à-porter made a strong advance. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "prêt-à-porter" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…フランスの場合,第2次大戦以前にもコンフェクシヨン・トゥ・フェconfection tout fait(女),ベートマン・トゥ・フェvêtement tout fait(男)と呼ぶ既製服が生産されていたが,おしゃれ意識の高いパリなどでは比較的買いやすいプチ・クチュール(小さな洋裁店)でオート・クチュール風の服をあつらえる人が多かった。しかし1950年代に入ると,オート・クチュールが作品の大衆化をはかってプレタポルテprêt‐à‐porter(〈着る用意ができた〉の意)の生産を始めたため,既製服化率は急上昇し,現在は全体の90%をこえる。また,プレタポルテを専業とするデザイナーが輩出,毎年2回開くコレクション(シーズン前の発表会)は,伝統的なオート・クチュールの発表以上に国際的関心が寄せられている。…

【ファッション・ショー】より

…フランスではコレクシヨンcollections(présentation de collectionsともいう)といい,かつて春夏,秋冬の年2回行われていた。1954年フランスのファッション・デザイナー,ファトJacques Fath(1912‐54)が,彼のオート・クチュールの中にプレタポルテprêt‐à‐porter(高級既製服)の部門を開き,その中の作品と既製服店のロディエのスカートなどを組み合わせて使うことを発表し,プレタポルテの勃興する契機をつくった。さらにディオールの死(1957)を境として,プレタポルテが強く進出することになる。…

※「prêt-à-porter」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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