Word formation paradigms in

nomination of English
vocabulary of fashion

Horobets Victoria 10th

grade pupil of S. D.
Sklyarenko Gymnasium
Research Adviser –Vertyporokh
Nadia Hryhorivna
 The object of our research is peculiarities of
word formation of lexical units of fashion
industry in the USA and Great Britain.
 The subject of the research –is innovations
in word formation of lexical units of fashion.
 The purpose of the research is to find out
the peculiarities of word formation of lexical
units of fashion.
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ts c
l o th
es
 vogue

craze Fashion fad

fancy
 Style

Micro Social
world
Fashion phenomenon

Sphere
of
activity
Fashion
 Fashionable
 Fashionableness
 Fashionable
 Fashioned
 Fashionless
 Fashionist
 Fashion-monger
 Fashion-mongering
 Fashion-forward
 Fashionista
 Fashion-speak
 Fashionese
Semantic items of the word fashion
• Style • CONSUMER
• Dress • CREATION
• New • DESIGNER
• Way of life • SHOW
• Identity • SUPERIORITY
• Shape • ADMIRATION
• Behaviour • FORCE
 about face
 appearance fee
 client
 commentary
 fitting
 Freelance
 full-length shot
 repliсa
 catwalk
 scout
 frock-coat
 funnel neck
 dodo
 bucket hat
Couture future
Come des Garcons

Anglomania
Tough and Tender
Utilitarian Style
•Emancipation movement
•Socioeconomic factors
•Youth movements
• the development of cinematography and
show business
•Social factors and stratification of the
society
•Healthy way of life
•The development of IT technologies, the
appreciation of mental abilities and
unimportance of the material status at the
end of the ХХ
•The development of medical and cosmetic
technologies
•The improvements of light industry
technologies
 Must-have
Boyfriend

Workwear Chinderwear
Must-have
Make -up
jeans
Casualwear

Supertaster

Fashionist

Cybersuit
Pre-fall collection Cutting-edge
mom
Armani-ed

Unisex Third
Plus-size
wardrobe

Unisex
dress
code

Alpha Badge
consumer item
 Productive Less Non
ways productive productive
• Composition • Affixation • Reduction
• Extension of • Abbreviation
meaning