Responding to Visual Prompts/Fashion and Clothes

Task

Take a look into your wardrobe and try to find the English names for all your clothing items.
Make a mindmap about all words belonging to the world of fashion. You can find many mindmaps on the Internet but it's better to create your own.
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 grungy (informal)

Interactive exercises

Here are some verbs and phrases associated with clothing.

He , throwing all his clothes on the floor.

I usually wear jeans, but I also like to for parties.

Can I those red shoes in the window?

She her shoes and her slippers.

He of his sports clothes and his uniform.

That black bag your shoes.

Those shoes don’t my son anymore. He's of them.

put onmatchesundressed/got undressedintotry onchanged outtook offdress up/get dressed upgrown outfit

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

tropical watermelon

turquoiseyellowish green

dark brown

pale green

deep reddish brown

cornflower

PlaidsolidPaisley

Polka dotsstriped acrosspinstripedcheckerboard
checkered

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

satin

cashmere

leather

nylon

cotton

corduroy

T-Shirtbootsjogging suitribbonpantssweater