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Discuss the following questions

1) Is it important for you to dress well?

2) How would you enjoy your personal style?

3) Do you think people judge each other

based on their looks & appearance?

4) Do you think power dressing can actually

make one feel more con dent?

power dressing is dressing for

work to give the impression of
competence and ef ciency

2. Put the phrases from the box into the correct categories

Impeccable, neat, eccentric, strange, untidy, provocative,

tasteless, outdated, plain, smart, casual, dressed to kill,
spruced up, tidy, good-looking, chic, un attering, elegant

well-dressed unattractive

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3. Match to make sentences. Then, explain the phrases in bold

1. I love this dress! It ts me ___ A. a million dollars with his new

2. Kate’s not a fashion ___ hairstyle and a designer suit!

3. If you had had a sense of ___ B. for fashion. She's always dressed to
4. I dressed for ___ nines.

5. Jane has an eye ___ C. victim. She always sticks to her style.

6. Matthew looked like ___ D. style, you would have never worn

these jeans!

E. success in a black suit and everyone

showed up in jeans and sneakers!

F. like a glove and it’s so comfortable!

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 4. Look at the pictures. Describe the way people are used with the
phrases from the previous exercises. Do you like their style?

1. 2. 3.

5. Do you think people behave di erently in di erent kinds of clothes?

What do you think the clothes we wear say about our lifestyle and character?

1. 2. 3.



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6. Watch the rst part [0.00-1.06] of the video [https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqaM7bQFFic] and answer the
questions

1) How can di erent types of clothes make us feel?

2) Why did Adam become interested in the topic?

3) What happened in Simpsons when kids started to wear uniforms?

7. Watch the second part of the video [1.06-2.50] and describe

the experiment they organized. What was the task participants
had to complete? What results did they receive?

8. Watch the third part of the video [2.50-4.50] and describe the
second stage of the experiment? What result did they get?
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 9. ‘Clothes can carry moods and abilities that exist outside of you
into your bloodstream, your brain, and change you in quiet but
measurable ways’.

Do you agree with this quote? Why (not)? Give some examples

10. If clothes could change moods and abilities,

what would you wear if you…

- wanted to feel happy and excited?

- were going to a job interview?

- had a bad day?

- were going to deliver a speech?

- were going to pitch investors?

- were going on a date?

Think about colours and pieces of clothes. Why

would you choose them? How would they
in uence your mood and abilities?
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