Vocabulary:

Affected – influenced

Sample – the people who were interviewed

Go without food – don’t eat

Our schoolmates – other pupils at our school

Make a huge impact – have a big effect

Self-image – the opinion people have of their own looks

Are guided by – follow

Media standards – what they see in magazines/newspapers and on TV

Looking around for an identity – trying to decide what sort of style to have

Vulnerable – sensitive

Beanpole – very thin

Range – variety

Path – road

Six-foot – 1 metre 83

Two stones – about 13 kilos

Write you off – decide you are a failure

Exercise6. Tick (√) the six opinions which are expressed in the article. Find the sentences in the story where they are expressed.

a. True friends don’t expect you to be fashionable.

b. You can’t blame the fashion business for anorexia.

c. Clothes look better on thinner people.

d. Dieting takes the fun out of life.

e. Fashion allows teenagers to feel free and have fun.

f. Fashion models today are getting larger.

g. Images of very thin models may make ordinary women feel fat.

h. Underweight models are unattractive.

i. Pop groups influence teenagers’ ideas about fashion.

j. The media should show different sizes and shapes.

Exercise7. Which of these factors are most important when you choose your clothes? Number them from 1 (most important) to 10 (least important)

Do a survey to find out the top three factors in the class.

Сomfort

What your friends are wearing

Color

Cost

What’s available in the shops

Material

Originality

If the clothes suit you

What pop/TV stars are wearing

Fashion magazines

FASHION

Topical vocabulary

Clothes: dressing gowns, button, zip, belt, cardigan, waist coat, braces, cuff, sleeve, buckle, slippers, collar, hem, laces, heel, sole, mittens, lingerie, slip, waist-slip, bra, panties, vest, garments, pinafore dress, frock, blouse, skirt, shirt, slaks, pants, jeans, suit, lounge suit, jacket, BrE: dinner jacket, AmE: tuxedo, coat, tail-coat, fur-coat, raincoat, parka, wind jacket, sweater, jumper, pull-over, socks, stokings, tights.

Materials and patterns: silk, cotton, velvet, corduroy, denim, leather, wool/woolen, suede, satin, baize, cambric, nylon, serge, print, calico, linen, tweed, background, striped, pin-striped, flowery, polka-dotted, checked, spotted, tartan, plain.

Footwear: shoes, pattern, patent-leather, pumps, suede, canvas, leather-soled, rubber soled, flat-heeled, high-heeled, sandals, slippers, trotters, AmE: mules, Wellingtons, shoe horn, shoe polish.

Verbs associated with clothing: undressed, get undressed, to dress, to try on, let out, let down, to take in, to take up, take off, to put on/off, to change out of, to suit, to match, to fit.

Adjectives for describing people’s clothing: baggy, loose, tight, close-fitting, long-sleeved, V-neck, round-neck, elegant, smart, scruffy, chic, trendy, with-it, well-dressed, badly-dressed, old-fashioned, fashionable.

Perfumery: perfume, scent, cream, lipstick, varnish, powder, eye-shade, mascara, make-up.

Jewelers: ring, engagement ring, wedding ring, ear-rings, necklace, brooch, pendant, bracelet, silverware.