Fashion LESSON-6. go online participate in a conversation answer questions learn question words learn fashion vocabulary In this lesson you will :

fashionLESSON-6

go online

participate in a

conversation

answer questions

learn question words

learn fashion

vocabulary

In this lesson you will : In this lesson you will :

Is fashion important to us ?

Is fashion important to us ?

• What kinds of clothes do you wear to school?

• When do you shop?

• Where do you like to shop/ Which is

your favorite store?

• How much do you spend on

clothes?

conversationconversation

It’s time to renew our wardrobe!

We got a budget for our birthday and we

are going to spend it on new clothes!!!

Let us make a list of the clothes we are

going to buy.

Hi Guys!Hi Guys!

My shopping list

• pants

• shirt

• undershirt

• underwear

• bra

• socks

• skirt

• scarf

• jacket

• belt

Let’s have a look at a famous fashion siteand find the items that we would like to buy.

• Does fashion influence your life?

• Is the latest fashion important to you?

• Is it important for you to buy your clothes

according to what’s “in“ at the moment?

QuestionnaireQuestionnaire

Very important =3 Fairly important=2 Not important at all=1

• Do you wear jewelry?

• What kind of jewelry do you wear?

• How often do you wear jewelry?

JewelryJewelry

Match the picture to the item:

Brooch

Necklace

Bracelet

Watch

Earring

Exercise:Exercise:

• What colors do you think look good onyou? (Name at least three colors)

• Do you wear the same colors now that you wore two years ago?

• What color did you wear yesterday?

• What kind of shoes do you like to wear?

• What influences your choice when you

buy shoes ?

shoesshoes

What makes a shoe healthy to wear?

Shoes and healthShoes and health

• design

• heels

• width

• material

• weight

Fashion is always changing and each

decade has a distinct trend. Looking at

people’s clothing can help us learn

about the society in which they live.

Life and fashionLife and fashion

Dressing up over the years

1920

20001870

Ancient Greece

12th century

Who or what decides what is going to be a fashion trend in our world?

Who or what decides what is going to be a fashion trend in our world?

The powers that influence the fashion industryThe powers that influence the fashion industry

The power that influences

the fashion industry isthe fashion manufacturers who want to maximize their profits. They do this by reducing the cost of production and increasing the sales.

The power that influences

the fashion industry isthe fashion manufacturers who want to maximize their profits. They do this by reducing the cost of production and increasing the sales.

NIKE shoe production in the Third World NIKE shoe production in the Third World

THE FACTSTHE FACTS : :• Chinese workers make $1.75 a day.• Vietnamese workers make $l.60 a day.

• Philip Knight, CEO of Nike is the sixth richest

man in America.

• NIKE pays famous people like Michael Jordan

millions of dollars for advertising.

You pay over $100 for shoes that cost less

than five dollars to make. 

Fashion manufacturers maximize

their profits by :

• determining the price of clothes.

• sewing the clothes in countries

where labor is cheap.

• using cheap materials.

Fashion manufacturers maximize

their profits by :

• determining the price of clothes.

• sewing the clothes in countries

where labor is cheap.

• using cheap materials.

Maximizing profits: Maximizing profits:

Increasing sales : Increasing sales :

Fashion manufacturers change

fashion each season in order to

make us buy more and more

clothes.

They use celebrities and different

means of advertising in the media to

get us to buy more clothes.

Fashion manufacturers change

fashion each season in order to

make us buy more and more

clothes.

They use celebrities and different

means of advertising in the media to

get us to buy more clothes.

People like to copy the way

celebrities live and especially the

way they dress.

Celebrities:Celebrities:

Promoting FashionPromoting FashionThrough MediaThrough Media

Hidden Means

Open Means

Another component that

influences the fashion industry

is technology. Technology

enables us to develop new

kinds of materials and fabrics-

to make our clothes more

comfortable, more sensitive to

our body temperature, lighter, etc.

Technology:Technology:

We wrote a shopping list.

We learned new vocabulary.

We went shopping on- line.

We learned question words.

We discussed different aspects of

fashion.

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