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Unit 15 - Fashion Flashcards

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Awkward

A

You feel embarrassed:

I don’t want you to feel awkward.

An awkward teenager.

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Baggy

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Baggy clothes are loose on your body.

Silk baggy trousers.

A baggy T-shirt.

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Clash

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If colours or patterns clash, they don’t look nice together.

A clash of colours.

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Collar

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The collar on a shirt or dress is the part that goes around your neck.

A flat collar.

His shirt collar.

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Faded

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Clothes that have faded have lost a lot of their colour.

A pair of faded jeans.

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Get away with

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Get away with wearing something, you can wear it and look nice.

I wish I could get away with it short like that.

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Heel

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Part that makes the shoe higher at the back.

Wearing high heels.

Flat heels.

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Laces

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Strings that you tie to when you put the shoes on.

Tie your laces.
Your lace are undone.
Teach him to lace his shoes.

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Lapel

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Parts that are folded back just bellow the collar.

Wide/Narrow lapels.
Big lapels are back in fashion.
A brooch pinned to his lapel.

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Lining

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The material inside a piece of clothing.

A silk lining.
A warm lining.
A fleecy lining.

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Pull off

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If you pull it off, you wear something unusual and look nice in it.

Don’t you think they put it off well?

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Ribbon

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A ribbon is a narrow piece of cloth that you use to tie something.

A girl with ribbons in her hair.

Silk ribbons.

Tie/Untie the ribbon.

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Set off

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To set something off means to make it look nice.

It sets your hair off nicely.

The black really sets off the red.

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Show off

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If a piece of clothing shows off your body, it makes it look nice.

It really shows off your curves.

Colours that show off your tanned skin.

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Sleeve

Sleeved

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The sleeve on a piece of clothing are the parts that cover your arms.

A dress with short sleeves.
A short-sleeved shirt.

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Strap
Strapless
Strappy

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A strap is a thin piece of material that holds of fastens clothing.

Thin parts that go over your shoulders.

A dress or top with no straps is strapless.

Strappy shoes have a lot straps.

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Sturdy

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Something that is sturdy is strong.

Sturdy shoes.

A sturdy table.

A sturdy plant.

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Bangle

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A bangle is a ring that you wear over your wrist.

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Flared

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Flared trousers or jeans become a lot wider at the bottom.

20
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Frilly

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Frilly clothes are decorated at the edges with narrow pieces of cloth that are folded tightly together.

21
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Frizzy

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Frizzy hair has a lot of dry wiry curls.

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Highlights

A

You have highlights, you give some of your hair a lighter colouring.

23
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Linen

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A light cloth.

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Low-cut

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A low-cut top or dress has a low neckline and shows part of the woman’s chest.

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Permed

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Permed hair is given a special treatment to make it curly.

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Pinstripe

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Pinstripes are very thin stripes on cloth, especially in suits.

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Shades

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Shades are sunglasses.

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Ponytail

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A ponytail is a bunch of long hair tied together at the back of your head so it hangs down.

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Shawl

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A shawl is a large piece of material that a woman wears around her shoulders or over her head.

30
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Spiked

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Spiked hair is hair that is gelled so it sticks up in points.

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Tartan

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Tartan is traditional Scottish material with a large checked pattern.

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Wedges

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Wedges are shoes where the soles are thin at the toes and become very thick at the heel.

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Detachable

v.
Detach

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Something that is detachable can be removed.

You can detach the hood.

A detachable collar.

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Fabric

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A fabric is a cloth.

A cotton fabric.

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Fabric

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A fabric is a cloth.

A cotton fabric.

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