Expressions to be memorized

fashion house – дом моды

highly skilled dressmaker – высококвалифицированный портной

fabric salesman – продавец готовой продукции

to be responsible for – быть ответственным за что-либо

fabric-makers – товаропроизводители

women’s fashion – женская мода

court dressmaker – придворный портной

fashion-setters – законодатели моды

codes of high society – законы высшего общества

in the minutiae of etiquette – этикет в миниатюре

to exert a powerful influence – оказывать большое внимание

domestic fashion industry – отечественная индустрия моды

high-profile ceremony – церемония на высшем уровне

Exercises

1. Give synonyms or synonymous expressions for the following words:

to adorn, design, to create, decoration wide, occasion, dressmaker, to consolidate, the Ball, patron;

2. Give words of the same root:

to examine, to decorate, to advertise, attraction, to dominate, establishment, fashionable, influence, creation, direction, skill;

3. Insert suitable prepositions and translate the sentences into Russian:

1. The seasons runs _____ May _____ the end of July and opens _____ the private view _____ the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.

2. The top end _____ the British fashion trade was dominated _____ court dressmakers.

3. The fashion designers founded their fashion house _____ 1858.

4. _____ Queen Charlotte’s Birthday Ball became an essential event _____ the debutante’s calendar.

5. The occasion has effectively taken _____ the role _____ the court presentation.

6. The wealthiest European and American women purchased their clothing direct _____ the couture houses.

7. This supremacy was promoted _____ all market levels.

8. The coterie of court dressmakers was well-versed _____ the minutiae of etiquette and _____ the rigorous sartorial codes _____ high society.

9. Highly talented British designers were to follow _____ Worth’s footsteps, opening branches _____ Paris and working _____ part _____ the haute couture industry.

10. Worth’s legendary rise to fame, _____ fabric salesman _____ the London department store _____ the couturier, has been examined in depth.

4. Put questions to the text using the following verbs:

to depend (on), to create, to consist (of), to examine, to rise (to), to base (on), to promote (at), to determine (by), to know, to design, to record;

5. Make up sentences with the following words and expressions:

to be established in, prior to this, to rise to fame, to examine in depth, fashionable society, stylistic guidance, highly talented, to be widely accepted, in honour, to be revived, to be promoted at, haute couture industry, design ideas;

Vocabulary to be memorized

advertise – рекламировать

adorn – украшать

appoint – назначать

aplomb – апломб

arbiter – судья, арбитр

attract – привлекать

boast – хвастать

branch – отрасль

base – основывать

cease – прекращать

consolidate – укреплять, объединяться

court – двор

coterie – Кутюрье

curtsey – реверанс

client – клиент

craftspeople – мастера

crinoline – кринолин

create – создавать

conceive – постигать, понимать

clientele – постоянные покупатели, заказчики

decoration – украшение

defend – защищать

determine – определять

dictate – диктовать

dominance – доминировать

direct – направлять

dressmaker – портниха, портной

dress – одеваться

department store – магазин (большой)

establish – основывать

emphasize – придавать особое значение

examine – рассматривать

etiquette – этикет

essential – основной

event – событие

fashionable – модный

found – основывать

fraction – часть

hue – цвет, оттенок

huge – огромный

honour – честь

hierarchy – иерархия

impose – облагать пошлиной

influential – влиятельный

importance – важность, значимость

link – связь

level – уровень

look for – искать

manufacturer – производитель

market – рынок

monarchy – монархия

occasion – случай

original – подлинный, оригинальный

outset – начало

present – представлять

partner – партнер

premise – предпосылка

prestigious – престижный

promote – продвигать

price – цена

pinnacle – вершина

patron – хозяин

purchase – покупать, делать покупки

rise – поднимать

record – записывать

rue – сострадание, милость

relationship – родство

rigorous – суровый, строгий

revive – возрождать

sartorial – портняжный, портновский

suitable – удобный

tinge – оттенок

wide – широкий