Fashion 2

WORKSHEET 2 Task 1: First, look at the tips on how to become a successful fashion model and number them: 1=most important, 12=least important. Then discuss your results in small groups. ARE YOU SLIM? DO YOU HAVE GREAT PERSONAL CHARISMA? THEN FOLLOW OUR 10+2 RULES AND BECOME A PROFESIONAL FASHION MODEL!  Eliminate negative thinking! Be confident and smile!  Be attractive no matter what you look like!  Get fit and stay in a good shape!  Improve your diet and learn how to lose  Learn how to walk the catwalk and take picture weight in one week!

Expand the tips above and prepare a 5-minute talk on “Five Secrets to Become a Professional Model”. Do not forget to support your ideas with details and examples! Task 2: Work individually and write your own definition of the word ‘fashion’. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Now look at the quotes on fashion. Which do you agree and disagree with? Why? - ‘Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to change it every six months.’ Oscar Wilde - ‘Fashion is what you adopt when you don’t know who you are.’ Quentin Crisp - ‘Eat to please yourself, but dress to please others.’ Benjamin Franklin - ‘Fashions fade, style is eternal.’ Yves Saint Laurent Task 3: Tick 5 questions from the list below that you find rather difficult to answer. 1 Can you define the words ‘fashion’ and ‘style’? 2 Can you explain the difference between designer clothes and tailor-made clothes? 3 Can you talk about the main factors which affect one’s personal style and choice of clothes? 4 Do you agree that shopping for clothes is a relaxing and enjoyable experience? Why (not)? Where do people in your country typically do their shopping? 5 Who, in your opinion, are the main trendsetters (role models who popularise a particular fashion)? Who influences your age group most? Do you follow the fashions yourself? Why (not)? 6 Could you name at least three famous fashion designers? What do you know about them and their work? 7 Why do some people prefer tailor-made clothes to clothes in chain stores and shopping malls? 8 Do you agree that ‘Fashion is made to become unfashionable’? 9 Do you consider yourself a trendy person? Do you buy any fashion magazine? Are you interested in up-to-date fashion trends? 10 What should a man or a woman wear for a job interview to make a good first impression? • Work in pairs. Ask your partner to answer the questions you have ticked before. Listen carefully and note down interesting ideas, words and expressions he/she uses. Then answer all ten questions in some detail. Speak for about 10 minutes.