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DIALOGUE OF CULTURES 1

THE BRITISH FASHION SCENE

Glossary

mascara, blusher, piercings, safety pins, studs, to dress down, innovative, anarchic, scruffy

1 Match the clothing and accessories in the pictures to the words in the box. Use a dictionary to help you.

flared jeans, fishnet tights, a cropped top, Ugg boots, bouffant hairstyles, Doc Martens, low-rise jeans, a peaked cap, a flannel shirt, platforms, frills, spiky hairstyles

2 In pairs, look at the pictures and discuss the questions.

1 What do you think of the ‘look’ in each case?

2 Which would or wouldntaskt you wear and why? Use words and phrases from the box.

X looks really dated/funky/childish/cool/weird/ drab/original/over the top/retro ...

I could imagine wearing X to ...

I wouldn’t be seen dead in X ...

X is in fashion again/is all the rage now.

You’d have to be skinny/confident/mad/daring to wear X ...

3 Read the fact file and match the statements to the decades.

1 The pirate look was in fashion.

2 The fashion was closely associated with a style of music.

3 Comfort was more important than fashion.

4 Extravagant hairstyles were a key part of the ‘look’.

5 The clothes were a form of protest.

6 Piercings and Doc Martens were popular.

FACT FILE: the British fashion scene

1960s

The taskswinging sixtiestask was a decade of social and political change, with an attitude of ‘anything goes’. In London this was reflected in a fashion revolution which produced bold and innovative designs. One of the defining fashions of the 60s was the mini skirt, which was worn about 20 cm above the knee and was seen as a tool of social rebellion and freedom for young women. It was made popular by British designer Mary Quant, who named it after her favourite car! The Hippie movement later in the decade had a strong influence on the style of jeans: very flared or ‘bell bottom’ legs were popular, as were hipsters, which sat below the waist, on the hips.

1970s

Punk was the name given to an aggressive and anarchic movement in fashion and music which started in London in the mid- 1970s. Punks’ clothes and hair were designed to attract attention and shock people. Clothes from charity shops were cut up and reconstructed using safety pins and chains, jeans and leather trousers were deliberately torn, Doc Martens boots were worn with skirts and fishnet tights. Hair was spiked as high as possible by using soap, hair spray and even glue! Punks also put pins and studs in their noses, eyebrows and lips.

1980s

New romanticism appeared in the British music scene in the early 80s as a direct reaction against the harshness of the punk movement. Where punk protested about life in Britain’s council estates, the New Romantics celebrated glamour. They created a colourful and dramatic look using frills and luxurious fabrics associated with historical periods. Men wore make-up, particularly blusher and mascara, and had large, bouffant hairstyles. Vivienne Westwood, one of Britain’s most influential designers and involved in creating the punk style, went on to develop the ‘pirate looktask worn by New Romantic hands such as Adam & the Ants and Spandau Ballet.

1990s

The 90s will probably be remembered as the decade of taskanti-fashiontask. People tended to dress down and wear casual, comfortable clothing, such as baggy jeans and sportswear. The tendency can be seen clearly in grunge fashion, popularised by fans of grunge music. The look was scruffy and featured worn-out jeans, flannel shirts and Converse sneakers or Doc Martens. Long straight hair was favoured after the extravagant styles of the 70s and 80s. Body decoration was also a significant trend of the decade, with people of all ages getting tattoos and piercings if they wanted to look ‘cool’.

2000s

A decade of nostalgia? The fashion conscious looked back to previous decades for inspiration as pirate styles and fabrics from the 80s made a comeback, and designers created looks from a mixture of old and new. Low-rise jeans were in vogue again and were often teamed with a cropped top. Another popular look was taskboho-chictask, which featured long taskpeasanttask style skirls, cowboy boots and Ugg boots. An important designer of the period was Alexander McQueen, whose career had started in the 90s and whose controversial styles earned him the title taskthe hooligan of British fashion’.

4 DC T001 Listen to three interviews and answer the questions.

1 a Which item of clothing was he most proud of?

b Why did it take his girlfriend a long time to get ready to go out?

2 a What does she think is lacking in British fashion nowadays?

b How did she use to make her hair straight?

3 a What does she think is different about British fashion now?

b Why does she think ittasks easy to find clothes that will suit you?

Текст аудирования:

The British fashion scene

One

A: Hello! Well today we’re in a typical London shopping street, and I’m here to try and find out what people really think about British fashion. OK, here’s someone who seems to be engrossed in a bit of window shopping – excuse me, sir, can I interrupt?

B: Of course! I was miles away then ...

A: I was just wondering what you think of the fashions in the window there.

B: Well, I was actually thinking how the styles remind me of when I was a teenager.

A: Oh really? So, let me guess – were you a punk?

B: No, I was a New Romantic: I had shirts with a lot of frills, just like those ones in the window – and my pride and joy was a velvet jacket which was a copy of a Vivienne Westwood jacket. I loved her designs, and it’s great to see that she still has such a strong influence in the fashion scene.

A: And did you wear make-up when you went out?

B: Oh yes, lots of mascara and blusher – it was an important part of the look, which was all about glamour. It’s funny – we all thought that we were much more individual in our style than the punks, but in fact, we were just as uniform.

A: Did you know any punks at the time?

B: Well in fact, before I became a New Romantic, I had a girlfriend who was a punk: I remember going round all the charity shops to find jeans or leather jackets for her to destroy! Next time I saw her she’d be wearing the clothes covered in safety pins and chains! She used to spend ages getting ready to go out, too, especially doing her hair: she wore it in a mohican, and sometimes she dyed it pink – we used to get a few strange looks when we went out, I can tell you!

A: Yeah, I bet! Well, thank you very much, and I’ll leave you to your window shopping.

Two

A: Now, who shall we talk to next ... there’s a very smartly dressed woman sitting waiting for a taxi over there ... Excuse me, madam, could you spare me a minute or two to tell me what you think about the fashions that young people are wearing nowadays?

C: Certainly ... well, of course I was a teenager at a very important time for fashion in Britain, and we were much more daring than young people are nowadays. I mean, the mini skirt was shorter than any other skirts since! And the low-rise jeans you see now are just a reinvention of the hipsters we wore in those days. I think the problem now is that there is no one ‘look’ – fashion is just a mish mash of lots of different styles, and there’s no originality.

A: But don’t you think designers like Alexander McQueen are original?

C: Yes, but often his clothes are so over the top that you can’t imagine ordinary people actually wearing them. That was the thing about Mary Quant – she designed styles that young women wanted to wear.

A: I see what you mean, but what happened if the fashion didn’t suit you? Wasn’t it a bit restrictive?

C: Hmm ... that’s true, and in fact in my case, I had a problem with my hair, because as you can see it’s very curly – the fashion was for it to be absolutely straight, so I used to iron it.

A: Iron?

C: Yes, like you iron clothes – I remember I’d spread my hair on the ironing board and my friend would iron it for me – then I’d do hers! I’m sure it wasn’t very good for our hair!

A: No, it can’t have been, but it certainly doesn’t seem to have done any lasting damage!

C: No, thank goodness. Well, here comes an empty taxi ... Goodbye.

Three

A: Let’s see if we can find someone who’s been shopping for clothes. Ah, here we are. Excuse me, I see you’ve got a couple of carrier bags there – can I ask what you’ve bought?

D: Oh yes – a pair of cowboy boots – I’ve always wanted some, so I’m really glad they’re back in fashion again!

E: And she persuaded me to buy some flared jeans, although I’m not really sure if I like them.

D: But they look great! It’s just that he’s still into the baggy jeans that everyone was wearing in the 90s!

A: Flared jeans, cowboy boots – don’t you think it’s sad that so many of today’s fashions are being ‘recycled’ from previous decades, and nothing is really new?

D: No, because I think what’s different is the way people combine these different styles to make something unique. I mean, take these cowboy boots for example – you can wear them with jeans, or a peasant skirt, or even shorts – it’s a way of expressing your personality, isn’t it?

A: Well, yes, that’s true, but there’s no definitive ‘look’, is there?

D: But that’s a good thing! I mean, in the past, people more or less had to wear the fashion whether it suited them or not, whereas nowadays there is so much choice that it’s not hard to find clothes that will look good on you. There are lots of things that I would never wear – I wouldn’t be seen dead in Ugg boots, for example!

A: Hmm ... I wonder what kind of personality they express! Well, thank you very much, you’ve certainly given me some food for thought.

5 Crossing Cultures. In groups, discuss the questions.

1 Which designers from Russia do you like and why?

2 How far do you express your personality through your clothes? Give examples.

3 Is fashion given too much importance nowadays? Do you know any ‘fashion victimstask?