FASHION

The dress designers and the fashion magazines that follow them tell women that they can only be well-dressed if they follow the
continual changes of fashion.
This means spending a lot of money and time. Can a woman be well-dressed if she has the money nor the time to follow the
fashion ?

fashionable elegant
the latest fashion simple
ready-made in good teste
a dress-maker in bad teste
material well-dressed
a mannequin badly-dressed

It suit you very well.

It doesn’t fit me.
It’s too big for me.
It’s the wrong colour for me.
The colours don’t match.
It isn’t my style.

(A selection of pictures taken from fashion magazines should be ready before the discussion begins. They are needed for question
8)

1. What is a well-dressed woman ?

Are these the important things that help a woman to be well-dressed ?
money
good teste
being tall and thin
reading fashion magazines
self-confidence
personality

2. Does a woman feel better-dressed when she is wearing an expensive evening dress than when she is wearing a well-made
out simple dress ?
How can people be well-dressed at work or school ?

3. What does a badly-dressed man look like ?

What are the worst features of the way men in this country dress ?
Why is it that men’s fashions change so slowly ?
Should men be more daring with their clothes ?
 What changes would you like to see in the clothes of the men you know ?

4. When is a woman badly-dressed ?

What are the worst features of the way women in this country dress ?

5. Women’s clothes, especially summer clothes, are very often brightly coloured. Should all women, young and old, short and
fat, tall and thin, wear these bright colours ?
What kind of mistakes can be made with colours ?

6. Which fashions in the last few years have you liked very much ?
Will any of today’s fashion last a long time ?

7. What are the wrong clothes to wear on these occasions :

You are invited to dinner by some people you don’t know very well.
You are spending the weekend in the country at a friend’s country house.
At work
at the theater
in a restaurant on Saturday night

8. When and where would you wear these clothes ?

(Pictures cut out from fashion magazines are passed around the group at this point).