22916 extreme fashion

Extreme fashion
Prepare to read
Talk about the answers to these questions with a partner.
1. What kinds of clothes do you like to wear?
2. What kinds of clothes are fashionable at the moment?
3. How often do you buy new clothes?
Reading
Read the passage, the interview and the quiz.
It's Saturday night, and Тага is going to a party with some friends. Tara's mother and father are watching
TV when she says goodbye to them. 'I'm going to Sam's party. I won't be late” she says. 'You can't go out dressed
like that!' yells Tara's dad. 'You look ridiculous.' Тага looks down at her carefully chosen outfit. She's wearing a
tight red top, a silver miniskirt and black boots with 15-centimetre heels. She has coloured her hair bright red and
she's wearing tinted glasses. Тага thinks she looks great!
Fashion has always been a contentious issue. Young people express themselves through fashion, and
extreme fashion is a way to rebel. In the 1960s young people started wearing miniskirts, bell-bottomed pants and
flower patterns. Many young people became hippies, and parents despaired when their teenage sons grew their hair
long. Long hair and bell-bottomed pants lasted into the 70s, but this was also the decade of glamorous fashion. Gold
and silver pants and tiny tight tops became all the rage. Disco-goers wore high-heeled shoes and boots that were
almost impossible to walk in. Who knows how they danced in them! Punk rock also raised its ugly head during the
70s. Punks had crazy Mohawk haircuts and wore dirty clothes with holes in them. They attached pins to their clothes
and even inserted them through their cheeks and К eyebrows. Punks really knew how to rebel. Extreme fashion
took a rest during the 80s. Then during the 90s, styles from the 60s and 70s came back. Bell-bottomed pants and
crazy high-heeled shoes returned. Midriffs were bare and body piercing came into fashion. Now that we've entered
the 21st century (or the 'naughties'), you can wear whatever you like!
In-Mode Magazine: Interview with an extreme fashion victim
Marc likes to look different. At the moment his hair is blond and he has four earrings in his right ear. He is wearing
black leather pants, knee-length boots and an orange shirt.
Interviewer: How much money do you spend on clothes?
Marc: Well, not as much as you'd think because I often buy old clothes. I probably spend about £130 a month.
Interviewer: What do your parents think about the way you dress?
Marc: My parents are pretty cool - they don't mind at all.

Interviewer: What do you wear to work?
Marc: I work as a software designer for a small company. Everyone is pretty relaxed and I can wear whatever I like.
Interviewer: What fashion advice would you give me?
Marc: Just wear what you feel comfortable in!
QUIZ
How fashion conscious are you? Do this quiz to find out!
I. You would prefer to be described as
a. intelligent.
b. fashionable,
с sensible.
2. At a job interview, the most important thing to do is
a. prepare yourself with the right information.
b. dress well and look good.
с have good manners and be neat and tidy.
3. You buy a new outfit because
a. your clothes are so old that they have holes in them.
b. you usually buy new clothes at least once a month,
с you've been invited to a friend's wedding.
4. If you hear the name 'Donna', you think of
a. Maradonna.
b. Donna Karan.
с Donna Summer.
RESULTS
if you chose mostly 'a': You obviously need some more fashionable clothes. Go shopping!
If you chose mostly 'b': You are a true fashion victim. You eat, breathe and sleep fashion! Don't let fashion rule your
life.
If you chose mostly 'c': You care too much about what other people think. Clothes should be fun. Relax!
Reading
A. Understanding key points
Read the sentences below. Tick the sentences that are true. Rewrite the sentences that are not true to make

them true.
Тага says that she will get home late. Тага says that she won't get home late.


1. Tara's dad tells Тага that she looks great.
2. Being a hippy became popular in the 60s.
3. Bell-bottomed pants first became fashionable in the 70s.
4. Marc likes to look the same as everyone else.
5. Marc's parents don't care about his clothes.
6. The quiz will tell you how important fashion is to you.
В. Understanding details
Circle the best answer, a, b, с or d, j to each of the following questions.
1. Gold and silver pants became popular
a. in the 60s. b. in the 70s. с in the 80s. d. in the 90s.
2. Punks wore
a. high-heeled shoes and boots. b. tiny tight tops. с clothes that weren't clean and had holes in them, d. bellbottomed pants.
3. In the 90s people started to wear
a. styles from the 80s. b. styles from the 60s and 70s. с pins on their clothes.
d. miniskirts.
4. Marc doesn't spend much money on clothes because he
a. doesn't buy clothes very often. b. hates shopping for clothes. с doesn't always buy new clothes, d. often borrows
clothes from friends.
5. Marc can wear whatever he likes to work because
a. he works as a fashion designer. b. no one at work minds what he wears. с his parents don't mind what he wears,
d. he is the boss.
6. If you chose mostly 'b' in the quiz,
a. you are not interested in fashion. b. you are very interested in fashion. с you need some new clothes, d. you don't
know much about fashion.
С. Developing vocabulary
A. Match the numbers on the left with the letters on the right to form sentences.

1. Erica is so fashion conscious that
a. because they are too high.
2. A contentious issue is something
b. be very cold. It's winter!
3. I can't walk in 15-centimetre heels
с she buys new clothes every week.
4. Dad despaired when I got a tattoo
d. to a 70s party on Saturday night.
5. I wore bell-bottomed trousers
e. so I'm going to buy some.
6. You have bare legs so you must
f. that people often argue about.
7. High-heeled boots are all the rage
g. like evening dresses and high heels.
8. Debbie loves glamorous clothes
h. because he doesn't like them at all.
В. Complete the following sentences with the correct word or phrase.
rebel midriff pretty Mohawk haircut extreme
1. It's__________cold outside. Wear a warm jacket when you go out.
2. Many teenagers__________against their parents by refusing to do what they say.
3. Jill's T-shirt is so short that I can see her__________.
4.__________sports like bungee jumping and parachuting can be very dangerous.
5. Dave got a__________when he became a punk and his parents were very annoyed.
Writing
Look at the chart below. When we use more than one adjective to describe things, we usually put the
adjectives in a particular order. Complete the sentences below by putting the adjectives in parentheses in the
correct order.
article How big? What colour? What is it made of?
noun
a

tiny
black
leather
top
1. Suzi was wearing а grey silk skirt, (grey/silk/long)
2. My mother gave me a____________sweater, (big/woollen/purple)
3. For my birthday I got a____________T-shirt, (cotton/small/white)
4. Today Jeannie is wearing a____________coat, (brown/leather/long)
5. I have a____________skirt, (denim/blue/short)