Examination Card 1
Examination Card 1
Examination Card 1
Once upon a time, fashion was only for the rich. Paris was the centre of the fashion world, and
everyone else tried to copy the top French designers. But now fashion is a much more
international matter. London, like other big European cities, has a large number of its own
talented designers. Street styles are not created by big fashion designers. The British don't think
about fashion very much. Most people go down to their nearest shopping street and buy
something from a "chain" store. The most popular of these stores, with a shop in every town, is
"Marks and Spencer". It is Britain's favourite store. It started more than a hundred years ago
when a young Polish immigrant, Michael Marks, had a stall in Leeds Market. He didn't have
many things to sell: some cotton, lots of buttons and a few shoe-laces. Ten years later, he met
Tom Spencer and together they started Penny Stalls in many towns in the north of England.
Today there are more than 500 branches of M&S all over the world.