Fashion During the Summer

Fashion During the Summer.
Lesson 29.

Watch the following videos talking about fashion in the summertime.

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/07/29/fashion/100000000973237/on-the-street-sizzling.html

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/07/08/fashion/100000000937623/on-the-street-lining-up.html

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/06/11/fashion/1247468032311/on-the-street-graphic.html






Vocabulary.
Arguile sweater.
Lapel.

Fashion and Market Value.

Fashion and Market Value.
Lesson 28 and Lesson 29.

Watch the following video:
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/06/03/multimedia/100000000848113/pradas-revealing-numbers.html

Exercise.
Tell us briefly about the 2010 figures for Italian Fashion House "Prada".

Fashion and Job Interviews

Fashion and Job Interviews.
Lesson 29 and Lesson 27.

Watch the excerpt from 20th Century Fox's movie "The Devil Wears Prada".
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/03/05/multimedia/1194838344008/the-devil-wears-prada-excerpt.html

Exercise.
What are Andy Sachs' possibilities to get the job? Why is that?

Apparel and VIP's

Extra Work: Apparel and VIP's.

Pdf name on your CD: "The Power of Apparel.pdf".


Exercise.
Describe just by heart what chef Thierry Rautureau, Andrea Jung, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Sergio Marchionne look like and why they made up their minds about looking that way.

Alexander McQueen at the Met

Extra Work: Alexander McQueen's Exhibit at the Met.
Exercise.
Watch this news report and tell us what it's like to you.

Video.
Find the video at http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/05/13/fashion/100000000818642/on-the-street--mcqueened.html?scp=1&sq=mcqueened&st=cse  .

Extra Work Lesson 29

Extra Work: Something Wrong with her Serve.

Exercise.
Even if you don't like tennis, here's a good exercise to talk about body movements and parts of the body. Make a few notes to describe each player's problems when they serve.

Questions about context.
1. What causes the serve to be so difficult?
2. What happened at the women's final in Toronto?
3. What's the matter with Maria Sharapova?
4. What's the matter with Elena Dementieva?
5. What's wrong with Elena's serve in general?
6. List all the problems Dinara Safina sees in her own serving motion.
7. What does Dinara think about herself after losing her match at the open?
8. What's Dinara's key factor to be number one?

Find the video at http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/09/01/sports/tennis/1247464335987/service-errors.html .