FASHION

FASHION

Vocabulary

1. Atelier

2. Fashion house

3. Fashion show

4. Fashion week

5.Backstage

  

6. Designer

7. Label

8. Make-up artist

9. Magazine

10. Accessories

11. Lingerie 

12. Baggy / Oversized

13. Fashion victim + Slave to fashion

14. Catwalk / runway

15. Fashion icon

16. Plus size models

17. Street style

18. Strike a pose

19. To be dressed to kill

20. Pret-a-porter

21. Garments

22. Must-have

23. To have a sense of style

24. To be old-fashioned

25.To have an eye for fashion

26. Dress for occasion

27. To be well dressed

28. To gout of fashion

29. Timeless

30. Vintage clothes

Exersize

Fill in the gaps

1. Coco Chanel opened her first _____ in 1913 in Deville.

2. _______________– to wear something in the right place at the right time. Not to wear short skirt to church or bathing suit to a wedding (unless you are on Bali).

3. Marilyn Monroe is my __________!

4. _______________– attired in clothing that is of fashionable, expensive and properly fitted.

5. During __________ in Milan while visiting Ralf Lauren ________ we had a chance to see ________ – a place where models get ready and wait before going to the runway.

6. ___________ is clothes from fashion labels which is sold in stores/shops.

7. I can call my granny’s suits __________.

8. ______________ – to know what looks good on you and have your own style and taste.

9. Little black dress is ___________! They say it’s a ___________ for every women’s wardrobe.

10. ______________– to take a particular posture in order to impress. You can ______________ for the camera.

11. Ann is _____________ –  she can’t stop buying fashionable clothes, but often her trying to put on all the trends at the same time looks ridiculous.

12. Dior, Chanel, Versace, D&G – they all have ________ in different countries and cities.

13. ____________ is a synonym for «clothes», and ___________ has the same meaning as «women’s underwear».

14. Now we see new trends and great style not only on catwalk: ___________ is a fashion phenomenon when model and bloggers just go down the street being stunning!

15. ______________ – to wear clothes or do something that is no longer in style.

16. I like that ___________ clothes is in fashion today – it makes me fell freedom in my movements, I don’t like anything tight.

17. ______________ – wear something with an intention to stand out/impress people and be noticed.

18. My friend wants to be a __________– she is really good in making people unbelievably beautiful by using cosmetics.

19. _______________ is the person who creates clothes.

20. Earrings, bracelets, necklace, glasses, gloves, bags – they all are ____________.

21. _______________ – to have a good taste and know what is “in fashion” and what is not.

22. You could never see a ___________ on the cover of such famous ________ like Vogue before, but now accepting person’s imperfections is the new and really cool trend.

23. _______________– to become unfashionable, not new or in fashion. 

Hometask

Comment on following statement

“Fashion and style are the big and very important parts of lives of millions of people. It is their hobby to discover new trends and try to look fashionable. Fashion is art. It’s also a part in humanity’s culture and often represents great changes in world and people’s minds
But it is known that fashion is one of the most harmful industries for the ecology. There are people who think that fashion is useless waste of time and money, that it’s an addiction for a lot of people.”

What can you say for and against fashion?

Write 200-250 words

Use the following plan:

•       give a general statement of the problem;
•       outline the points FOR;
•       outline the points AGAINST;
•       draw a conclusion weighting up the points outlined.