What are fashionable men carrying these days? The BBC takes a look inside the trend for a manbag accessory. Improve your listening comprehension while getting to grips with this growing fashion and big bucks industry.
Tag: Fashion
Fashion Waste: How big is the problem?
What happens to the clothes we don’t buy? You might think that last season’s coats, trousers and turtlenecks end up being put to use, but most of it (nearly 13 million tons each year in the United States alone) ends up in landfills. Fashion has a waste problem, and Amit Kalra wants to fix it. He shares some creative ways the industry can evolve to be more conscientious about the environment — and gain a competitive advantage at the same time. Listen to his Ted Talks presentation to get informed.
The Fashion Industry: An industry based on nonconformity and defiance
”No one thinks twice about a woman wearing blue jeans in New York City — but when Nobel laureate Malala wears them, it’s a political act. Around the globe, individuality can be a crime, and clothing can be a form of protest. In a talk about the power of what we wear, Kaustav Dey examines how fashion gives us a nonverbal language of dissent and encourages us to embrace our authentic selves.”
Are you a fashion guru?
Clothes and Fashion: Challenge 12
Clothes and Fashion: Challenge 11
Clothes and Fashion: Challenge 10
What do women have in their handbags?
In my handbag I usually have the following items:
- House keys
- Purse
- Mobile phone ( although not at the weekends)
- Bottle of water
- Hair clips
- Hair bands
- Plasters
- Box of aspirin
- Safety Pin
- Chewing gum
- Get out of jail card
- Doll of David Beckham ( however, my new favourite player is RAMOS and I want a dolly of him)
Clothes and Fashion Challenge 7
In which situation would you wear……?
- A pair of flip flops
- A bow tie
- A pair of pyjamas
- A suit
- A vest top
- A jumper
- A pair of slippers
- A pair of suspenders
- A track suit
- A pair of shorts