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Early western travelers, whether to Persia, Turkey, or China frequently remark on the absence of changes in fashion there. On the other hand, people of these cultures believe that there is an instability and lack of order in western culture. The Japanese always boast that clothing in their culture has not changed in over a thousand years. Of course there is considerable evidence that there has been rapidly changing fashions in all parts of the world. Changes in costume often take place at times of economic or social change, followed by a long period without major changes. The beginnings of fashion and the wearing of different clothes in Europe can be dated to the middle of 14th century. The most dramatic change was a sudden shortening and tightening of the male over garment, sometimes also stuffing the chest area to make it look bigger. The pace of change accelerated during the following century and women and men's fashion became more complex and diverse.
Although tailors and dressmakers were no doubt responsible for many innovations in style, the textile industry certainly has been very influential. The four major fashion capitals are considered to be Milan, New York, Paris, and London. Fashion weeks are held in these cities where designers exhibit their new clothing collections to audiences; these cities are also where all the headquarters of the greatest fashion companies in the world are located.
Westerners today have a wide selection choice of clothes available. What a person chooses to wear can reflect their personality or likes. When people who have cultural status start to wear new or different clothes, a fashion trend may start. People who like them may start to wear clothes of a similar style.
Fashions may vary considerably within a society according to age, social class, generation, occupation and geography, as well as over the passing of time. If, for example, an older person dresses according to the fashion of young people, he or she may look ridiculous in the eyes of both young and older people. The terms “fashionista” and “fashion victim” refer to someone who slavishly follows current fashions.
The fashion industry is a product of the modern era. Prior to the mid-19th century, most clothing was custom- made. It was hand-made for individuals, either as home production or on order from dressmakers and tailors. Although the fashion industry developed first in Europe and America, today it is an international industry, with clothing often designed in one country, produced in another, and sold worldwide.
At the beginning of the 20th century, fashion magazines began to include photographs of various fashion designs and became even more influential on people than in the past. These magazines had many effects on the clothing tastes of the public. "Vogue", founded in the US in 1892, has been one of the most successful of these magazines.
Though colors and patterns of textiles change from year to year, the cut of a gentleman's coat or the pattern to which a lady's dress was cut changes more slowly. Men's fashions largely derived from military models. Women's fashions mainly derived from geographical and regional customs.
II.Answer the questions
1.What subject do you like most?
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2.What time is it now?
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3.What clothes do you like to wear in the summer ?
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4.Which grade are you in ?
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5.What is the english versinon of the word "hóa học"?
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III.Choose the correct form
1.He .......... (like) playing table- tennis .
2.We ......... (walk) around the mountain for an hour.
3.What he .........(think) about that?
4.What clothes you ......... (choose)?
5.Why you .........(laugh) at me?
IV.Rewrite the following sentences, keeping the same meaning as the beginning words
Miss Huong's eyes are brown
Miss Huong has___________
Thoa has long black hair
Thoa's hair______________
He has a brown school bag
His school bag_________
Mr.Quang is big and strong
Mr.Quang is not______________
Lan has a flower garden
There are______________
V.Arrange the following words into complete sentences
1.color/what/hair/her?
2.hair/face/eyes/has/a/round/short/blue/black/Mr.David/and
3.free / does / what / do / in / he /his / time /?
4.is / breakfast / at / eating / a / he / foodstall / his
5.I/ good/ am/ at/ organizing/ for/ seminars/ customers
VI.Write a document tell everyone about for Tet
1. fashionable
2. traditionally
3. authenity
4. cultural
5. an affordable
6. equipment
7. collector
8. agree
9. freedom
10. childhood