Fashion/Styles, Colours and Patterns

Task

1. Take a look into your wardrobe. Try to find out from what your clothes are made (wool, nylon, cotton).
   • Then find the English names for colours, styles and patterns.
2. Add them to your mindmap about all words belonging to the world of fashion.
3. Do the interactive exercises on the bottom of the page.

Words for materials and fabrics can be either nouns or adjectives.

natural: silk cotton  velvet corduroy denim leather wool  suede

synthetic:   rayon  nylon   polyester   acrylic  acetate

Here are some adjectives for describing people's clothing or their appearance.

How things fit:     baggy                  loose                    tight

Style:                     short-sleeved / long-sleeved       sleeveless       V-neck      turtleneck      pleated       double-breasted

General:                elegant       trendy        well dressed      old-fashioned         messy    casual    formal (for the office or a wedding) grungy (informal)

Interactive exercises

Styles

Can you put the items into the correct group?

casual wear

punk

formal wear
(in the office)

torn bootssafety pin in your eardyed-green, spiky haircocktail dresselegant costumeshort-sleeved shirtthree-piece suit
white shirt and tiehigh heelssneakerspolo shirt and pantsripped jeansa pair of elegant jeans

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Getting dressed

Here are some verbs and phrases associated with clothing.

These jeans are much too loose! Do you want me to wear it ?
I usually wear jeans, but I also like to for parties.
But don't overdo it. If you are the only one in an dress, you'll get stares instead of smiles.
Even worse would be a white shirt and tie - go with a polo and jeans.

casualelegantdress up/get dressed upbaggy-style

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Materials

Match the following material with the item they are most likely to be associated with from the box.

satin  

cashmere

leather

nylon

cotton

corduroy

sweaterjogging suitbootsT-Shirtribbonpants

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Colors

Don't just use the primary colors (red, yellow, blue). Describe pictures using more "colorful" color names!

cornflower

tropical watermelonyellowish greenturquoise

dark brown

deep reddish brown

pale green

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Patterns

checkerboard

checkered

solidPlaidPaisleypinstriped

striped acrossPolka dots

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Fashion is my passion!

1. Really, Dad?
2. Getting Dressed
3. Styles, Colours and Patterns
4. Shop until you drop