rag trade

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rag trade

A designer sketches a new dress for the rag trade.

Definition

Noun: - The business of designing, making, and selling fashionable clothing: "rag trade" refers specifically to the commercial industry centered on fashion apparel. It is an informal term, often used to describe the sector involving designers, manufacturers, and retailers of clothes.

Usage
  • The term is used as a singular noun to refer to the fashion industry as a whole, particularly its commercial and manufacturing aspects.
  • It is commonly used in informal or journalistic contexts.
Examples
  • Noun:
    • After studying design, she got a job in the rag trade.
    • The city's economy was once heavily dependent on the rag trade.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be in the rag trade": to work within the fashion clothing industry.
    • He's been in the rag trade for over twenty years.
Variants and Related Words
  • Garment industry (n): a more formal term for the business of making clothes.
  • Fashion industry (n): a broader term that can include design, retail, and media, not solely manufacturing.
Synonyms
  • Apparel industry: the business of making and selling clothing.
  • Clothing business: the commercial activity of producing and trading garments.
Related Phrases
  • Rag trader (n, informal): a person who works in the rag trade, especially a manufacturer or merchant.
    • The party was full of wealthy rag traders.
rag trade

A designer sketches a new dress for the rag trade.

Noun
  1. makers and sellers of fashionable clothing

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