Robert Altman's Prêt-á-Porter has had a makeover. The film, which skewers the world of haute couture and stars everyone from Lauren Bacall to Julia Roberts, has been retitled Ready to Wear (the English translation) — although the studio already spent a bundle on the ad campaign. ''The ladies at my mother's bridge game were pronouncing the title all different ways,'' says Miramax
cochairman Harvey Weinstein. A studio spokeswoman also admitted that the phrase en français was causing confusion — apparently, even among
people involved in the film. ''I'm not really into the fashion thing,'' says Salt 'N' Pepa's Cheryl James, who contributed to the soundtrack. ''But Prêt-á-Porter? What does it mean?'' Because of the name change, Ready to Wear will now arrive in theaters Dec. 25 (not Dec. 21, as planned). Fashionably late, of course.
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