In 2016, 23,800 people had been counted as fashion designers in the United States. Half-way garments are an alternative to ready-to-wear, “off-the-peg”, or prêt-à-porter fashion. Half-way garments are intentionally Fashion & Online Shop News unfinished pieces of clothes that encourage co-design between the “main designer” of the garment, and what would usually be thought-about, the passive “client”.