Unit 6

FASHION

Statement

• For teenagers, fashion is first and foremost a social statement. It is an outward means of expression to their peers and the rest of the world.

Identity

• Fashion also provides teenagers a sense of identity by signaling which "grouping" they belong to ("prep," "punk," "goth," etc.). It may also signal a more independent or inclusive personality.

Rebellion

• Rebellion may also be acted out via fashion. Since rebellion is often a huge aspect of a teenager's life, it is not shocking that teens often use licentious or shocking fashion to rebel against their parents, their classmates, and/or society.

Peer Pressure

• Many teens pick up on fashion trends in an effort to stave off humiliation and mocking from peers. Poor fashion choices in the eyes of others can often be an open door to ridicule.

Celebrities

• Often, fashion for teenagers is the result of the desire to be like a celebrity. Celebrities are perhaps the greatest influences on teenagers in the modern world, and they can have a huge impact on a teen's ideas about fashion and its importance.
  
  Read more: Why is Fashion so Important to Teens? | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/facts_5150416_fashion-important-teens.html#ixzz2R0wOwVPa

Now watch Beyonce Fashion Style video:

Learn some clothes vocabulary in the following powerpoint.

Clothes Vocabulary










Make the following quiz and see if you are a fashion victim.






Choose one of the following fashion styles, say which one would you choose and why?


Now boys tell us which Fashion Style would you choose and why?




Now do a revision worksheet with the vocabulary you have studied:

Vocabulary worksheet