Vocabulary

to borrow v	-	заимствовать
double-breasted suit n	-	двубортный костюм
to facilitate v	-	облегчать
knee-length coat n	-	камзол длиной до колена
lapel n	-	лацкан
pleat n	-	продольная складка
to slit v	-	делать разрез
slit n	-	разрез
tailored suit n	-	английский костюм
toil n	-	тяжелый труд
to trace v	-	зд. восходить (к)
vent n	-	шлица
vest=waistcoat n	-	жилет
worsted (fabric) n	-	камвольная шерсть (высокого качества)

Exercise 10. Try to remember words in phases. Find the English equivalents in the text:

мужская одежда для официальных случаев; входили и выходили из моды; упрощенный стандарт одежды; профессиональная идентичность; основной фасон одежды; два параллельных ряда пуговиц; сшитый из одной ткани; английское влияние; положили начало увлечению…; покрой и детали; лацканы с заостренными краями; с двумя шлицами; менее облегающие фигуру.

Exercise 11. Put the sentences in the correct order to describe the coat and the suit as it is given in the texts B and C.

1. The garment is designed to be worn outdoors over the rest of the clothes _____ (№ of the sentence).

2. Today the man’s business suit is an emblem of official power and professional identity. _____

3. Coats are mainly cut from cashmere, tweed, or fur. _____

4. The suit is the traditional form of men’s formal wear. _____

5. Coat is an outerwear garment with long sleeves and a centre-front closure. _____

6. The classical double-breasted suit should be double-vented, with two parallel rows of buttons and peaked lapels.

7. The tailored suit is a garment for women consisting of a jacket and a skirt. ____

8. The cut and details of the tailored suit jackets were borrowed from men’s clothing. _____

9. Today the tailored suit is the uniform of the middle classes. _____

10. The overcoat has been a popular garment for both men and women during the 17^th century. _____

Sum up the results:

The coat | The suits

Grammar Revision

Exercise 12. Return to texts B and C to find sentences with:

1. Participles I, II. Define their functions. Translate into Russian.

2. Predicates (сказуемое) in the Passive Voice.

Lesson Three. Styles, Details and Silhouettes

Text A. Jacket Styles

Text B. Parts of a Suit

Text C. Types of Fashion Silhouettes

Reading for general understanding

Text a. Jacket Styles

A jacket is a short coat, worn by both men and women. Apart from the suit, the jacket is one of the most important pieces in a man’s wardrobe. If cut and styled well, and if made of high quality fabric, this versatile garment is suitable for both formal and leisure activities.

The jacket seems to have originated during the Middle Ages or early Renaissance as the jerkin, a more fitted version of the older short tunic worn by working-class men. By the early 18^th century, the jacket became standard working dress for people employed in agriculture as well as for servants in towns.

From the late 1830s, fitted single-breasted lounge jackets with darts beneath the arms, small revers, and waisted pockets became popular with middle-class men. Later the single-breasted Norfolk jacket, which buttoned high to the neck, became very fashionable, particularly for country sporting activities.

But by the end of the 19^th century, only three buttoned styles were fashionable, with the lounge jacket remaining the most popular. A jacket with silk lapels was often worn to dinner parties and would become known as a dinner jacket (part of the formal suit known as a “tuxedo”).

Similar styles to those worn in the 19^th century were worn for most of the 20^th century and into the present century as well. Sports jackets are still worn with flannels, the Norfolk remains a sporting favourite, and blazers with brass buttons are popular summer attire when worn with white pants. The upper garment of a man’s suit is known as a jacket, and “dinner jacket” remains an alternative term for the ensemble known as “black tie”.

The term “jacket” has assumed a much wider meaning. No longer simply associated with more formal styles, “jacket” has become an umbrella term for many styles, including sports jackets, Harringtons, anoraks, blazers, and even bomber jackets. Originally cut in wool, tweed, and cotton, current styles incorporate nylon, leather, suede, and hemp.