- Milan and Paris
- Glamour
Milan
Momentum continues building in the fashion world as Fashion Week moves to Milan on September 17th. This beautiful Italian city is home to some of the biggest fashion houses and designers in the fashion world, including Armani and Prada. While Paris has long been known for fashion, it wasn't until the 20th century that Milan became known as a new fashion capital. If one word can describe Milan's fashion style, it's "glamour," as Milan's fashion houses are known for offering glamorous, yet practical, options.
Paris
The chaotic month of fashion makes its way to France as Paris Fashion Week begins on September 23rd. Saving the best for last, Paris never fails to offer some of the most exciting shows of the season.
World- famous labels like Chanel and Dior try to outdo one another with their latest designs. The two words that best describe Paris Fashion Week are "elegant" and "extravagant."
Each fashion week takes on the personality of its home city and differs from the other fashion weeks to some degree. Yet they all have one thing in common: This month, they will each have a chance to define and introduce spring and summer's newest fashion trends.
Language Lab
momentum n. 動力；推動力
/moʊˈmɛntəm/
the strength or force that something has when it is moving
- To keep the momentum of the project, our team meets twice a week for discussion.
- The student movement rapidly gained momentum and spread throughout campuses around the country.
physics: the property that a moving object has due to its mass and its motion
- The car's momentum increased when it went downhill.
glamour n. 魅力，誘惑力；迷人的美；妖豔
/ˈglæmɚ/
a very exciting and attractive quality
- The glamour of Paris was well portrayed in this movie.
- The designer's new collection is very feminine and full of glamour.
glamorous adj. 富有魅力的；迷人的
/ˈglæmərəs/
very exciting and attractive :full of glamour
- The movie star's glamorous gown received many positive comments on the Internet.
chaotic adj. 混亂的；雜亂無章的；無秩序的
/keɪˈɑːtɪk/
in a state of complete confusion or disorder
- The company's situation became chaotic after the CEO's sudden resignation.
- Samantha felt lost growing up in a chaotic family.
chaos n.
/ˈkeɪˌɑːs/
complete confusion and disorder : a state in which behavior and events are not controlled by anything
- The region was in complete chaos after the hurricane hit.
extravagant adj. 奢侈的；浪費的；放肆的；過度的，過分的
/ɪkˈstrævɪgənt/
more than is usual, necessary, or proper
- Movie stars and celebrities attended the event wearing extravagant outfits.
- When Rachel was rich, she often went on extravagant shopping sprees in Paris.
extravaganza n. 具有狂氣的作品/表演；狂妄的言行
- Tickets to this musical extravaganza sold out the first hour.
Info Cloud
Topic: like it’s going out of style
Hello everyone and welcome to info cloud. Today we are going to talk about expressions in English that come from the world of fashion.
You know it might sound strange to say, but I believe that fashion will never go out of style, by that I mean that fashion will always have a big impact.
When something goes out of style, it means that it’s no longer fashionable, where that people no longer do or use something in a certain way.
Some people say that being polite seems to be going out of style in our modern world of quick comments and text messages.
However, we want to draw your attention to, when we say we do something or use something, like it’s going out of style.
This means that we are going through something or using it very fast like we are trying to get rid of it.
When I was younger and bad with money, I used to spend money, like it was going out of style.
In this example, Rex means that he spent a lot of money like he was trying to get rid of it.
We can also use it in situations that mean that people are using or consuming something quickly like they are afraid that it is no longer going to be around.
Yesterday, I completely failed at dieting, I had one candy bar and the next thing I know, I was eating one after another like they were going out of style.
