Fashion sense Find these things in pictures A–C. 1 a moustache 4 a necklace 2 a collar 5 a jacket 3 a bindi 6 a bob Read the guide to an exhibition on the history of fashion. Which part, 1 or 2, is about: A fashions today? C hairstyles? B fashions in the past? D skin? Read the guide in 15 again and answer the questions. 1 Why did people in Northern Europe want to wear wigs / have pale skin / have a tan? 2 What can a sari often show about the person who wears it? What about a bindi? 3 What’s the difference between the way women and men dress in India? 14 Reading 15 Changing image This exhibition shows how ideas of beauty and fashion change with culture and time and are often connected to money, beliefs and lifestyle. In 1624, King Louis XIII of France started wearing a wig because he was bald. Soon fashionable men in Northern Europe started wearing wigs. Under their wigs, their hair is shaved or tied back. They had a moustache and often wore a collar. An 18th-century woman is wearing white make-up and has got a black beauty spot to show her pale skin. Pale skin was fashionable for hundreds of years in Northern Europe because it showed that you didn’t work outside in the fields. Then, in 1923, fashion designer Coco Chanel came back from holiday with a tan. Suddenly a tan showed you had a lot of money and could travel to hot countries. By the 1970s, tans were very popular in Europe. She was also famous for her bob haircut and her elegant clothing style. She often wore jersey pullovers and jackets. 1 Today, Indian fashions change from place to place. These women are wearing a sari, the traditional dress of Indian women. The type of sari often shows a woman’s age, occupation and religion and where she comes from. She’s got a special necklace to show that she’s married, and a red dot on her forehead, often called a bindi. Traditionally, the bindi also shows that someone is married, but nowadays a lot of unmarried women and even children have bindis because they are fashionable. Most Indian women wear traditional dress, but men in towns and cities in all regions of India usually wear western-style clothing, like shirts and trousers. In villages, however, many men are still more comfortable in traditional clothing. 2 A B C 16 88 Language skills Extras Explore 7 What’s she like? Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentu des Verlags öbv
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