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Fashion from the 1950s to today

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Created on May 27, 2020

Describing fashion over the decades

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Fashion from the 50s to today

How are the most iconic looks captured in motion pictures?

The Disco Look

The Rebel look

The Flower Power Look

The Rap Look

The Swinging Sixities Look

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The Grunge Look

Talking about clothes

Do you remember the vocabulary to talk about clothes? Do this exercise and complete the vocabulary list:

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Describing clothes

Do you remember the vocabulary to tdescribe clothes? Do this exercise and complete the vocabulary list:

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Practice

Now you are ready for the exercises

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Click here to listen to a fashion expert describe the change in fashion over the decades

A fashion expert explains..

Listen again to the fashion expert... Which decade is he describing? Which clothes is he talking about? How does he compare the clothes?

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The fifties

The seventies

The sixties

The nineties

The eighties

longer, looser, shorter, more comfortable, more controversial...

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IMAGES AND AUDIO FROM ENJOY ENGLISH EDITIONS DIDIER

Click here to listen to a fashion expert describe the change in fashion over the decades

What are they wearing?

Fashion has changed over the years. Here are a few of the "Looks" popular over the years.

The 1960s-70s "Hippie Look"

The 1950s "Rebel Look"

The 1960s "Swinging sixties Look"

The 1990s "Rap Look"

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The 1980s

The 1990s

The 1970s"Disco Look"

The 1970s-80s "Punk Look"

IMAGES AND AUDIO FROM ENJOY ENGLISH EDITIONS DIDIER

Fashion

The fifties

The sixties

from the 1950s to today

The eighties

The seventies

The nineties

Often movies are a good source of discovering fashion. Which look do you prefer?

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Forrest Gump

Time Travels

American Presidents

As time goes by we meet the different American Presidents. Can you name them?

As you watch the film "Forrest Gump" you travel through the decades of the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s with the hero of the film, discovering American History in edited documentary clips. Which historical events are represented?

Cultural References

Historical Fashion

The film creatively deals with many cultural and social events from the fifties to the eighties throughout the film. Can you identify a few?

Pay particular attention to the way fashion is represented in the film. What is one particular fashion element associated with Forrest?

American Presidents

Forrest meets 3 American Presidents and hears about the assasination attempt on one more. Can you name them?
The film makes references to 6 American Wars. Can you name them?
Forrest's mother named him after the great Civil War hero, General Nathan Bedford Forrest to remind him that sometimes we all do things that, well, just don't make no sense. What did he start up?

Historical References

Fashion in the film

When Jenny visits Forrest she gives him a very important piece of clothing.....Running Shoes. What movement in the 1980s does it represent?

Cultural and Social events