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Fashion, materials, patterns and styles Flashcards

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un magasin de vêtement

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a clothes shop

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la haute couture

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haute couture

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un styliste

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a fashion designer

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la collection d’hiver

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the winter collection

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un défilé de mode

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a fashion show/parade

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un tissu

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a material/a fabric

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le cuir

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leather

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la fourrure

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fur

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la dentelle

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lace

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le coton

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cotton

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le nylon

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nylon

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l’acrylic

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acrylic

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un motif

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a pattern / a motif

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la coupe

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the cut

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allonger

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to lengthen

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lâche/ample

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loose/baggy/sloppy

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élégant

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elegant/smart

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en haillons

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ragged /tattered

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froissé /fripé

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crumpled / creased

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provocant

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provocative

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rétrécir

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to shrink

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22
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une petite boutique

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a boutique

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la dernière mode

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the latest fashion

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dessiner/créer

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to design

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un grand couturier

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a top designer

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une tendance

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a trend

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le podium

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the catwalk

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un mannequin

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a model

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29
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du tissu / de l’étoffe

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cloth

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le velours

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velvet

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de la laine / en laine

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wool / woollen

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le velours côtelé

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corduroy

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du tissu éponge

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terry cloth

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de la soie

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silk

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le polyester

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polyester

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un tissu uni

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a plain material

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la longueur

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the length

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raccourcir

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to shorten

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serré / étroit

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close-fitting / tight

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lustré

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shiny

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élimé/usé

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threadbare

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négligé

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slovenly

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tenue de soirée

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formal dress

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bien habillée

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well-dressed

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lancer la mode

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to set the fashion

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suivre la mode

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to follow the fashion

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être à la mode

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to be in fashion / fashionable

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branché / à la mode

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trendy / cool / hip / in

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être démodé

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to go out of fashion / to be old-fashioned

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le daim

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suede

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satin

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satin

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tweed

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tweed

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jersey

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jersey

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la flanelle

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flannel

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une chemise qui ne se repasse pas

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a drip-dry shirt / an easy-care shirt

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une robe à carreaux

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a checked dress

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une robe à rayures

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a striped dress

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une robe à fleurs

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a flowery dress

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une jupe écossaise

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a tartan skirt

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une robe bleu à pois blancs

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a blue dress with white (polka) dots

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une robe moulante

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a figure-hugging dress

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une robe tape-à-l’oeil

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a showy dress

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se faire faire une robe

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to have a dress made

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une veste à chevrons

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a herringbone jacket

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un costume bleu avec une cravate assortie

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a blue suit with a tie to match

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tiré à quatre épingles

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spruce / dressed up to the nines

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endimanché

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in one’s Sunday best

68
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en tenue décontractée

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wearing casuals

69
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Elle a un look d’enfer. Sa robe lui va comme un gant et le rouge lui sied à la perfection

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She is dressed to kill. Her dress fits her like a glove and red suits her to perfection

70
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Ne te fais pas avoir! Il est en train d’essayer de te faire croire n’importe quoi.

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Don’t let him con you! He is trying to pull the wool over your eyes

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