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@ Fashion and design Be ate Ai cls see page 196 for defini puton / wear cloth clothing Took/ appearance costume suit blouse / top ‘Supply / produce | dye/ paint design / manufacture ‘alimpse / glance fit/suit /match current /new / modern average / everyday Phrasal verbs «atch on become popular or fashionable | line up gev/putinto ines ‘do away with got rid of | pop inito) vist quickly orfora short time ‘draw up create (plans ete) ‘show (a)round taka cb on a tour of a placo "dress up put on fancy or unusval clothes take off remove (a piece of clothing) ‘go over repeat or think about again in order to cok semlant annie tear up rip nto pieces Mi 5 = ‘try on put on (a piece of clothing) to see how it looks ‘grow out of develop for; become too big for sndvbether it ts hhand down give something valuable to your children or [ searchin lly when seneis weer out become old and unusable But on/try on/wear/take off clothes; clothes Iine:clothes peg: best clothes in combination with:combination of ‘pay sb a compliment.compliment sb on sth bbe/set an example;an example of; for example follow an/sb% example in fashion; be/g0 out of fashion; follow fashion; fashion model/showr cut/orush sb’ hair;havelget @ new hairdo/hairstyle;have a haircuts let your hair down [ put on/apply/wearitake off make-up [oliow a pattern; a checked/striped/plain patiern [in styleibe/go out of style:do sth/go somewhere in styleshave style have/show good/bad taste (in sth); in good/bad taste have 8 tendency todo 2 trend in sth;follow/seta trend Cou advise sb to do;advise sb thatjadvise sb on/about sth; advise (sb) against sth/doing pecedict sts Gong proud tn 5 anxious about sth/doing; anxious to do afer to sth refer sbto sth iticise sb (for sth/doing) ‘seem to berit seems that insist onsth/doing;insist J stare at sthisb = [ plenty of sty plenty more thy plenty to do use th for sth/deing) [ prepare (sb) for sth: prepare todo useful for sth/dois ‘advertise advertisement, ‘enthuse (unjenthusiastcally) enthusiasm, | gi ar quay salve advertising aeverser | enthuses " Sete RAED TOON’ attract unauvecvety, ‘expect (unjexpecteciy), expectation, ‘Style (un)styishy sts, | attraction “expectancy stylishness beauty beautifully fashion (unfashionable (unfashionably | succeed success (un)successully decide decison, inideci like alike dislike, unlike ikeness, use usage, usefully) useless), undecided (un)hikeable, king user (unusable desire (undesirable produce product, producer production, (un)productvell)) 160 Fashion and design Unit 26 Topic vocabulary in contrast A Complete using the correct form of the wortls in the hax. Ifyou care about your - too much, people might start to think you're vain. IS quite a nice skirt, but | don't think itreall.... my shoes. 1 2 3 Mymum always looks quite. . and tfles to keep up with the latest fashions, 4 5 The ancient Romans wore items o . quite different from today's fashions. As Iwent into the designer's office, Icaught a .» of her drawings before she hurriedly put them away. | know long skirts were in last year, DUE tHe seen ‘ve got to buy some. 6 fashion is to wear them quite short. 7 shoes for the wedding on Saturday. 8 [didn’t get the coat in the end because it didn't .. me under the arms, 9 The shirt is so expensive because it’s made out of a special that has gold in it. 10 [don't think this jumper scsi YOU because you've got blue eyes and pale skin. " 2 The designer at my designs and told me that they needed more work. Long dresses and high heels is quite a good ..... - foryou. B Circle the correct word, Do you think the average / everyday person is interested in fashion? \ wish Dad would get a new costume / suit to wear for his job interview. V've got red hair, so I never put on / wear red clothes or 'd look silly. John gat a really cool blouse / top in town yesterday with Eminem on it. india supplies / produces the world with cheap clothes. I'm going to get my nails dyed / painted tomorrow, During the design / manufacture of the clothes, lasers are used to cut the material accurately. Which costume / suit do you think | should wear ta the fancy-dress party ~ the cowboy or the vampire? eVaunwna Phrasal verbs C Write one word in each gap. Anti-fashion by Lisa Wilkinson Iyouask me, it's high time they (1) away with fashion 've had enough of it. Just when I think I've ‘nally got it right, | pop (2. 2 clothes shop to find that they've changed all the rules! One minute its cool to wear brand nevr expensive stuff, and the next you have to take all tht (3) nmaeesnmnn ond Wear clothes that look as if they've been handed (4) ‘by your grandma. You can't win! Wel, 've torn ).. ‘my fashion magazines and adopted anti-fashion, Its an idea that has grown (6) . ‘of frustration and, to be honest, a lack of maney to spend on yet another dress that | only wear once. | started by drawing (7)... a plan, | decided to line all my clothes (8) . together, {ty them al (9) nnem-mns-men and give to charity anything that either didn't fit or suit me. Then, | wouldn't ‘buy any more new clothes until something WOFE (10) suenmcrmnmen « 1 WERE (11) vnmaememeeer MY Plan again, and knew that | would have to be tough with myself. After al, I'd spent a lot of money on some of ‘hat stuft, Finally, | plucked up the courage to do it It fetta litte bit Ike being a child again, dressing (12) in your mum's clothes, but | also felta great sense of freedom. ‘That was a year ago and, although | occasionally see something and think, ‘ous Sons aces! bei bought any clothes. Ifyou ever come over to my house and | (13) round my beso, you Inmet at sans tesa Dut You'l a0 see a woman who fais fee An hats ant-shnn Do You ink it oa 161 Unit 26 Vocabulary Phrases and collocations DD choose the correct answer. 1. I dort ike ...... on clothes in shops because | dor’t want people to see mein something, that doesn't suit me. A putting B trying C wearing D handing 2 limnot sure a green skirt ..... combination with a blue top is such a good idea, A on B at C in D for 3 Everyone complimented Kitty sem her new outfit, A on B to Cin D from 4 I think some modern designs are more like ........ oF art. A makes 8 works objects D Jobs 5 Iwish people didn’t ue a tendency to follow fashion without thinking about what sults them personally. A do B make C get D have 6 —Idon'tthink T-shirts and jeans will ever go......... of style, do you? A away B out C off D down 7 Make sure YoU mma your make-up with a soft brush, like this one. A apply B construct. CC decorate D dress 8 you wearthat shirt with the........ pattern, you'll look like a chessboard! ® plain B striped C shiny D checked 9 You always seem to look so formal. If only YOU WOUIA snus YOUF hat down! A get B set © put D let 10 Thelatest trend footwear is to wear very simple, traditional shoes, A of Bon cin D from 11 My sister and I share the same taste ........ lothes and we wear each other's things all the time, A in B of € for Don 12 Why can'tyou sem Edgar's example and wear a tie to work? A set B make C follow D do 13 My dad asked me whether his clothes Were uu. fashion and I said they were ~ about twenty years ago! Ain B from C on D of Word patterns E Write one word in each gap. 1 It was Lia's frst job as @ model and she was quite ANXIOUS mrnrnewnnum Ut 2 Billseems have had his hair done differently. 3 Icouldn't help staring...... . the man in the restaurant who was wearing a kil 4 Before starting my design, | referred some books of past designs to give me Inspiration, 5 Plenty wnmmunminnen fashion designers have been successful in spite of not having any formal training in fashion, 6 asked the shop assistant to advise me . my choice of shoe. 7 Many fashion journalists criticised the actress...... arriving at the Oscars in a second-hand dress. 8 The supermodel insisted .... having a star on her dressing room door. 9 These days,most designers use a computer isualise their designs before they make any clothes. 10 Visiting fashion shows can be quite useful... picking up new ideas. 162 Fashion and design Unit 26 F Complete using the correct form of the verb in brackets. ‘1 twas very proud 2 Myteacher advised me... parents objections. 3 Tobe amodel, you have to be prepared 4 Mario knew that there was still plenty... show. 5 | managed to chat to Charlie and she advised me against... a model. 6 — Westwood's designs didn’t seem.. produced last year. 7 When fist started 26 a fashion photographer | was anvious.. (please) everyone. 8 Myteacher advised me.. and concentrate on my studies instead. (see) my designs up there on the catwalk. (study) fashion at university, despite my svnatnnnnansmeie (WOTK) Very LONG hOUrS. sw» (do) before his first feshion (become) (be) as interesting as the ones she . (forget) about becoming a fashion mode! Word formation G Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. VISIT TO A FASHION SHOW | was really (1). v= about my frst visit to a fashion show. had ENTHUSE always loved fashion but had only ever seen models in (2). on ADVERTISE TV.Finally,| was going to see a real show! | got out my most (3).. FASHION clothes.| wanted to 100k 5 (4) e.nmnrmenmnane a8 the models. | don't know if STYLE was completely (5) .mssmnnnenanne DUE! Hever had much money tospendon SUCCESS clothes and Ifelt (6) {which is the main thing. When we got ‘ATTRACT there, it was fantastic! There were so many (7) started and imagine my surprise when, completely (8) model was wearing clothes just like | was! Everyone saw the (8) and a couple of people asked me who my (10) . women!The show BEAUTY ithe first EXPECT SIMILAR was! Amazing! STYLE H Complete the sentences by changing the form of the word in capitals when this is necessary. 1 This designer's clothes are really quite 1» (LIKE) anything I've ever seen before. 2 Hisclothes are very (DESIRE) and they sell for thousands of dollars. 3 I couldn't decide which hat to get, but then again I've always been quite (DECIDE). 4 Wewent ona school trip toa clothes factory and saw some of the... RODUCE) process. 5 I'mafraid m completely ~~» (USE) when it comes to making my own clothes 6 I dor't.. _. (LIKE) this season's fashion —| just dor‘t think it suits me personally, that's all 7 These dresses are .. Ca .. (BEAUTY) made — just feel the quality! (DECIDE) about whether to go to the fashion show next week or not. 163

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