Clothes and Fashion

Clothes and Fashion

Introduction

1. What comes into your mind when you hear the word
fashion?
2. Do you like fashion? Why or why not?
3. Are most people in your country fashionable?

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Introduction
Discuss the highlighted words.

• Fashion is a distinctive and often constant trend

in the style in which a person dresses.
• It is the prevailing styles in behavior and the newest
creations of textile designers.
• Although aspects of fashion can be feminine or
masculine, some trends are androgynous.

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Vocabulary
Identify and make sentences.

3 4 A. Collar
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B. Baggy
C. Stain
D. Rip
E. Zip
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F. Tight
G. Accessories
H. Button
I. Sleeve
J. Cosmetics
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K. Loose
L. Pocket

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Phrasal Verbs

Match the phrasal verbs with their meanings.

A. wrap up 1. To fasten an item of clothing.

B. hang up 2. To dress (oneself or another) in your best clothes.
C. slip on 3. To dry clothes outside after washing.
4. To put something on a hook or a hanger.
D. dress up
5. To wear an item of clothing on one's person.
E. kick off 6. To remove your shoes quickly.
F. throw on 7. To dress yourself or someone else with an item or items of
G. try on clothing.
H. do up 8. To put on an item of clothing easily.
I. take off 9. To remove any item of clothing.
J. turn up 10. To put on an item of clothing to find out whether it fits or is
K. put on suitable.
11. To put on an item of clothing quickly and without thought.
L. zip up
12. To shorten trousers, a dress or a skirt so that they fit better.
M. have on 13. To put warm clothes on.
N. hang out 14. To fasten an item of clothing using a zip.

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Vocabulary Exercise
Identify the word being described in each sentence.
fashionable long-established ranking discipline expert
creativeness crowned coincides upcoming export

1. ____ having, involving, or displaying special skill or knowledge derived from training
or experience.
2. ____ marked by the ability or power to create; imaginative
3. ____ a reward of victory or mark of honor
4. ____ training that correct, molds, or perfects the mental faculties or moral
character
5. ____ to be in accord or agreement
6. ____ happening or appearing soon
7. ____ to carry or send (as a commodity) to some other place (as another
country)
8. ____ a position in a scale of achievement or status; a classification.
9. ____ wearing clothes, doing things, and going to places that are in fashion
10. ____ having a recognized position, or being generally known about for long time

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Reading Exercise
New York more fashionable than Paris

New York is the world's most fashionable city. It won the 2014 Top
Global Fashion Capital contest. London won in 2011 and 2012, but was third
this year, behind Paris. Los Angeles was fourth, while Barcelona followed in fifth
place. Italy's highest city was Rome, in sixth place. Milan, a long-established
centre of style, finished twelfth. A New York fashion expert said New York
earned its top ranking because of its discipline and creativeness.
New York being crowned winner coincides with the city's upcoming
Fashion Week - a week of glamour, supermodels and fashions from top
designers. The fashion expert said new cities are
becoming famous for fashion. She said a
"creative energy" worldwide was providing
jobs, income and wealth. She said a city
exporting its fashion sense was good for its
image. Cities like Shanghai, St. Petersburg and
New Delhi all did well in the contest.

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Reading Comprehension

Answer the questions below.

1. Which city was the previous winner of the award?

2. Which city finished second this year?
3. In what position was the highest-placed Italian city?
4. When did Milan win the accolade?
5. According to New York Fashion expert, why did New York win?
6. What do you think of a fashion week?
7. What are the advantages of having ”creative energy”?
8. According to the article, “a city exporting its fashion sense is good
for its image”, do you agree or disagree?
9. Do you think people should pay attention to fashion?
10. Why do you think discipline and creativeness are important
fashion?
11. Should your country join this kind of contest? Why or Why not?

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Materials

wool satin cotton fur

vinyl denim leather lace

Silk diamond gold silver

What other material do you know?

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Materials
Made of
We use made of when we talk about the basic material or qualities of
something. It has a meaning similar to ‘composed of’:

She wore a beautiful necklace made of silver.

A: What’s this table made of?
B: It’s oak, American white oak.
A: It’s lovely.

Complimenting Clothes.
1. You look really nice today. Do you get
2. I absolutely love what you're wearing today. complimented
3. I think that you look very cute today. with what you
4. What a lovely dress you’re wearing! wear?
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What are they and what are they made of?

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Dialogues

Mrs. Park is doing her holiday

shopping. She’s looking for gifts for her family,
but she’s having a lot of trouble.
She’s looking for a brown umbrella
for her son, but all the umbrellas are black. She’s
looking for a gray raincoat for her daughter but Mrs. Park is in the department
all the raincoats are yellow. She’s looking for a store . Using the model below,
cotton sweater for her husband, but all the create dialogs based on the
sweaters are wool. story.
She’s looking for an gold bracelet for
her sister, but all the bracelets are silver. She’s
looking for a leather purse for her mother, but Mrs. Park: Excuse me, I’m looking
all the purses are vinyl. And she’s looking for a for a brown umbrella for my son.
polka dot tie for her father, but the ties are Salesclerk: I’m sorry, all the
striped, umbrellas are black.
Poor Mrs. Park is very frustrated. Mrs. Park: Oh that’s too bad.
She’s looking for special gifts for all the special Salesclerk: No, it's okay. Black
people in her family, but she’s having a lot of umbrellas are vey trendy this year.
trouble.
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Fashion Statements

Work in pairs and discuss whether you agree or disagree

with these statements.
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1. What you wear says a lot about your personality.

2. I spend a lot of time getting dressed in the morning.
3. I love buying new clothes.
4. I really don't care about what I wear.
5. Comfort is the most important thing when choosing new
clothes or shoes.
6. I hate having the same clothes as my friends.
7. It's important to me to look different to my friends.
8. I love fashion magazines.
9. It's important for me to be fashionable.
10. Second hand clothes can be cool.
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Odd Words
A B C
1 A cat walk A sidewalk A stage
Explain why
2 To consume To market To advertise
Explain why
3 To support To sponsor To promote
Explain why
4 A new look A new design A new image
Explain why
5 Fashionable Trendy Popular
Explain why
6 Awesome Sensational Shocking
Explain why
7 Genuine Artificial Natural
Explain why

Find the words that do not belong in each row and explain why.
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Idioms

Emma and Claire are When Joe came to pick Mary up I'd bet my boots that
the top two high- for the movie, he was dressed to there will be a cure f
steppers in school! kill and carrying a dozen roses. or cancer by the time
I reach 60.

The sales manager was caught with his Winning the speech contest was a
pants down when he was asked for the feather in the boy's cap and a
sales figures that he did not have. great honor.

What do they mean?

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Express Yourself

1. Do you like to buy fashionable things? For example ?

2. Do you think it’s good or bad to spend money on things you do
not really need?
3. What clothes do you spend your money on the most? Why?
4. Is fashion selfish in a world where many people are poor?
5. Would you like to be a fashion model ? Why ?
6. Is your country famous in the fashion world? Why? For what ?
7. Who is a fashion icon in your eyes ? Why ?
8. Do you think people feel different when they wear different
clothes?
9. What traditional clothes do people from your country wear?
10. What's the most expensive piece of clothing you have ever bought?
11. When was the last time you got dressed up? What did you wear?
12. Do fashionable clothes really change the way a person looks? How?
13. Do people buy secondhand clothes a lot in your country?
14. Are you against using animal skin for clothing? Why or Why not?

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Pronunciation Exercise

Tongue Twister
Susie works in a shoeshine shop.Where she
shines she sits, and where she sits she shines
You know New York, you need New York, you
know you need unique New York.
She saw Sharif's shoes on the sofa. But was
she so sure those were Sharif's shoes she saw?

Did Dick Pickens prick his pinkie pickling

cheap cling peaches in an inch of Pinch or
framing his famed French finch photos?

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