More than other pieces, convertible ones don't reveal themselves in full until they're off the rack.
He likened it to buying a custom-made suit versus one off the rack.
Retailers typically give customers the choice of either buying a big mixed bag of socks or buying individual pairs off the rack.
And by bagging the most popular female actress on television, Bebe Stores--purveyor of some of the skimpiest women's clothing off the rack--sashayed onto the mainstream fashion scene.
It is far better to rent a quality outfit with a realistic beard and wig than a cheapo off the rack generic fall apart after one season suit.
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More happily, the "stolen children" a narrative element Ms. Tharp devised to give her take on MacDonald's tale further dance opportunities are outfitted winningly in togs that might be off the rack of a local boutique.
Wearing a Darn Tough prototype for three straight weeks without a wash, "they basically smell like you've just grabbed them off the rack, " says Mr. Cabot, pointing to a multicolored ankle sock he was testing on a recent day.
The other day I was riding with a guy who had a Serotta, one of the top companies for custom bikes, and he told me how he went to a fancy bike shop and they told him that due to his size and shape, no off the rack bike would fit him well.
This involved a more fitted silhouette in his chest and stomach, and pants that were more tapered than the trousers that generally come with the size of the jacket when purchased off of the rack.
The problem with most off-the-rack boots is not so much fit as quality.
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Meryl Streep is deliciously dictatorial as a fashion editor who terrifies everyone, from her magazine's staff to the top designers the magazine profiles, and Anne Hathaway is groomed to look like a young Julia Roberts as the editor's fresh-faced, off-the-rack-wearing assistant.
The Devil may wear Prada, but Gigi dresses in off-the-rack clothes she bought a few years ago from places like Forever 21, or she borrows clothes, or she makes her own.
Dell's existing service business is at the low end, little more than extended-warranty tune-ups and installing such off-the-rack systems as Microsoft's Outlook Express e-mail software.
Bair, who eschews power pants suits and salon-perfect hair for a more off-the-rack and unfussy look, is fifty-five.
Such cheap, off-the-rack software will indeed open up Web design to artists, the way Adobe opened up page design 15 years ago.
Now comes dirt-cheap Wi-Fi and a host of other off-the-rack wireless wonders.
All the best boots come from the American West and Mexico, and for the most part, buyers have two choices, just as they would for suits or shirts: off-the-rack or bespoke.
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This is comparable to a higher end off -the-rack steel bike, and less expensive than buying a stock steel frame from a prestigious Italian manufacturer like Colnago and building it up.
Bespoke shoes take 50 hours to fabricate, but for the first pair five months to deliver because of the fitting (two sessions are required) and last-making processes. (Subsequent pairs take three months.) Made-to-order takes about six weeks and doesn't mean off-the-rack.
For Dell's growth plan to work, software allies like Microsoft and Oracle and chipmakers like Intel and Broadcom must develop technology that allows switches and routers to be assembled from off-the-rack components--the way PCs and servers have been built for years.
For Dell's growth plan to work, software allies, such as Microsoft and Oracle, and chipmakers, such as Intel and Broadcom, must develop technology that allows switches and routers to be assembled from off-the-rack components--the way PCs and servers have been built for years.
Here's an off-the-rack sports car with lateral adhesion in the range of 1 g, a car that hits 60 mph in 4 seconds (the 394-horsepower Carrera S with the dual-clutch PDK gearbox), a car that trips the trap lights in about 12 seconds and decelerates from 60 mph to 0 in about 100 feet.
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The 113 Rack off-price stores are an important growth vehicle for the company.
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But, much as she adored clothes the room-long rack at her house in Virginia had fallen off the wall, she had so many all the ladylike public behaviour could be a bit of a strain.
Gulden, 46, is currently managing director of the Deichmann Group and president and CEO of its wholly owned retail chains Rack Room Shoes and Off Broadway Shoes in the U.S. Prior to those positions, Gulden was senior VP of apparel and accessories at Adidas and was part of the management group that took Adidas public in 1995.
This configuration is compatible with an Open Rack system to provide an off the shelf SAS expander.
While few people expect a pontiff to be elected on the first ballot, the Vatican was ready: In the Room of Tears off the Sistine Chapel where the pope goes immediately after his election, three sizes of white cassocks hung from a clothes rack.
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