Baggy Jeans

Lead-in

  • How fashionably are you today?
  • When and where did you buy the pieces of clothing you’re wearing right now? Why did you choose each one of them?
  • Have you ever been refused entry somewhere because of what you were wearing? 
    • If so, what happened?
    • If not, how would you feel?
  • Do you think it’s fair to refuse entry of someone based on clothing?

Presentation

Pre

  • How would you describe your style? Why?
  • How glad are you about the way you dress?

Top Down

  • What is the main point of the text? Read it and find out.
  • Describing the best ways to get dressed
  • Describing what’s fancy and what’s not
  • Describing styles
  • Describing clothes and their material
  • Describing the best ways to get dressed
  • Describing what’s fancy and what’s not
  • Describing styles
  • Describing clothes and their material

8 Types of Fashion Styles: A Simple Guide to Clothing Trends

1. Sporty: Sporty style, also known as athleisure, takes elements of athletic wear, like leggings, bike shorts, and oversize sweatshirts, out of the gym and onto the streets.

2. Bohemian: Also known as “boho” or “boho chic,” bohemian style borrows from the 1960’s hippie aesthetic and festival culture. The style incorporates earth tones, natural fabrics and dyes, and prints and accessories from around the world. The hallmarks of boho style are flowing maxi dresses, long skirts, bell-bottom pants, large brimmed hats, fringe, suede, and slouchy handbags.

3. Grunge: Inspired by grunge music and the subculture that originated in the ’80s and ’90s Seattle, grunge fashion features thrift-store finds like plaid flannel shirts, oversize knits, and feminine dresses styled in a subversive, disheveled way. Grunge looks often include ripped jeans or tights, unkempt hairstyles, and black boots.

4. Preppy: Preppy style is inspired by the clothing and uniforms traditionally worn at private East Coast prep schools and Ivy League colleges. Preppy style often takes inspiration from upper-class sports like polo, sailing, tennis, and horseback riding. Preps are known for wearing polo shirts, Oxford shirts, argyle sweaters and socks, cloth-wrapped headbands, boat shoes, blazers, pearls, cardigans, and khaki pants.

5. Punk: Punk fashion is inspired by the subversive punk rocker styles of the ’70s and ’80s and comprises many subcultures, each with its own specific style codes. Some overarching elements of punk style include leather jackets, deconstructed blazers, ripped fishnet stockings, skinny jeans, and chunky black boots. Provocative messaging, band logos, and customization with safety pins and patches are common themes in punk clothing. Punk grooming includes heavy black eyeliner, mohawks, dyed hair, and spiked hair.

6. Streetwear: Streetwear is a casual fashion style that first became popular in the 1990s. It incorporates comfortable yet trendy clothing such as logo T-shirts and crop tops, hoodies, baggy pants, and expensive sneakers. Streetwear takes inspiration from both hip-hop and skater style, with the added element of intentional product scarcity. Followers of the latest trends in streetwear are known as hypebeasts, and many go to great lengths to procure limited-edition designer baseball caps, hoodies, sneakers, and more.

7. Classic: Classic style is an umbrella term for a polished everyday style that incorporates elements of workwear, such as blazers, pencil skirts, and khakis. This more professional look is appropriate for the office and other settings where you want to look your best.

8. Casual: Casual style is what you might wear on the weekend. Think jeans, comfortable T-shirts, and sneakers or flat boots. Both streetwear and sporty style might be considered types of casual styles, but casual style can also lean preppy or hip.

Source

Bottom Up

  • True or False?

Example: The text judges which styles are nice and which are not. False

  1. 10 styles are mentioned in the text but just eight are described in detail.
  2. The style that incorporates earth tones is preppy.
  3. In punk clothing is common to find self-help messaging, band logos, and customization with safety pins and patches.
  4. Classic style embraces elements of workwear, such as blazers, pencil skirts, and khakis.
  5. Jeans, comfortable T-shirts, and sneakers or flat boots are usually worn in a casual style.
  1. 10 styles are mentioned in the text but just eight are described in detail. False
  2. The style that incorporates earth tones is preppy. False
  3. In punk clothing is common to find self-help messaging, band logos, and customization with safety pins and patches. False
  4. Classic style embraces elements of workwear, such as blazers, pencil skirts, and khakis. True
  5. Jeans, comfortable T-shirts, and sneakers or flat boots are usually worn in a casual style. True

Post

  • What do you think about the styles mentioned in the text?
  • Which one is your favorite? Why?

Target Language

Describing Clothes

Material:

  • Cotton
  • Denim
  • Wool
  • Flannel
  • Leather
  • Viscose
  • Silk

Style/Type:

  • Baggy (shirts, pants)
  • High-top (sneakers)
  • Flared (shirts, pants)
  • Platform (shoes)
  • Skinny (jeans)
  • Tight (shirts, pants)
  • Worn out

Color / Pattern:

  • Black
  • Checked
  • Colorful
  • Plain
  • Striped
  • Acid washed

Opinion:

  • Awful
  • Comfortable
  • Gorgeous
  • Tacky
  • Hideous
  • Nice

Adjective Order

In the English language, adjectives must appear in a certain order to describe something. As a rule of thumb, opinion adjectives always come before description adjectives. Moreover, general description adjectives come before specific description ones.

When describing clothes, one should pay attention to the following order:

Opinion > Color / pattern > Material > Style / type

  • How could she come to the party wearing those hideous colorful baggy pants?
  • When I was your age, a common outfit for men used to be plain white cotton T-shirts, along with black leather jackets and a pair of jeans.
  • I love shopping for shoes, but nothing beats my comfortable black worn-out sneakers.
  • Can I borrow your dress? The gorgeous striped silk one, I mean.

Controlled Practice

  • Put the adjectives in the correct order according to the Target Language. There is one example.
  1. I love my cool checked denim skinny pants.
  2. He bought a colorful gorgeous flared wool jacket.
  3. He was wearing a flannel striped worn-out nice shirt.
  4. She was wearing some baggy plain leather hideous pants.
  5. They are in love with these high-tops acid-washed comfortable sneakers.
  1. I love my cool checked denim skinny pants.
  2. He bought a gorgeous colorful wool flared jacket.
  3. He was wearing a nice striped flannel worn-out shirt.
  4. She was wearing some hideous plain leather baggy pants.
  5. They are in love with these comfortable acid-washed high-tops sneakers.

Freer Practice

  • Complete the sentences according to your opinion.
    • I think the most comfortable material of the clothing is…
    • I think… style is tacky.
    • When choosing what to wear, the important is to…
    • I refuse to wear…
    • When I was younger I used to wear…

Production

  • Describe the following pieces of clothing according to the Target Language and your opinion. 

Example: The first one is a nice plain shirt.

Homework

Match the words to their meaning.

Example: Flannel > A kind of soft-woven fabric, typically made of wool or cotton and slightly milled and raised.

  1. Material

  2. Pattern

  3. Style

  4. Opinion

(   ) A view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

(   ) A distinctive appearance, typically determined by the principles according to which something is designed.

(   ) A repeated decorative design.

(   ) The matter from which a thing is or can be made.

  1. Material

  2. Pattern

  3. Style

  4. Opinion

(4) A view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

(3) A distinctive appearance, typically determined by the principles according to which something is designed.

(2) A repeated decorative design.

(1) The matter from which a thing is or can be made.

Mark the correct adjective order. 

(   ) Color / pattern > Opinion > Material > Style / type

(   ) Opinion > Color / pattern  > Style / type > Material

(   ) Opinion > Color / pattern > Material > Style / type

(   ) Style / type > Opinion > Color / pattern > Material 

(   ) Opinion >  Material > Color / pattern > Style / type

(   ) Color / pattern > Opinion > Material > Style / type

(   ) Opinion > Color / pattern  > Style / type > Material

(x) Opinion > Color / pattern > Material > Style / type

(   ) Style / type > Opinion > Color / pattern > Material 

(   ) Opinion >  Material > Color / pattern > Style / type

Match the columns.

Example: A flannel shirt. > Material

  1. Material

  2. Color / pattern

  3. Style

  4. Opinion

(   ) Suddenly she appeared in the inner doorway rather shyly. She had got a new cotton blouse on. 

(   ) Mia is wearing a plain black ankle-length dress

(   ) Gabriel sleeps in hideous clothes.

(   ) She wore baggy shirts and tight pants which only accentuated her figure.

(   ) Helen folded her worn-out clothes, packing them into cloth sacks to be carried.

(   ) The woman, dressed in fine silk, sat on the cushioned chair and took the glass of wine the page had set before her.

(   ) Anne was wearing shoes with tacky shoelaces!

  1. Material

  2. Color / pattern

  3. Style

  4. Opinion

(1) Suddenly she appeared in the inner doorway rather shyly. She had got a new cotton blouse on. 

(2) Mia is wearing a plain black ankle-length dress

(4) Gabriel sleeps in hideous clothes.

(3) She wore baggy shirts and tight pants which only accentuated her figure.

(3) Helen folded her worn-out clothes, packing them into cloth sacks to be carried.

(1) The woman, dressed in fine silk, sat on the cushioned chair and took the glass of wine the page had set before her.

(4) Anne was wearing shoes with tacky shoelaces!

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

Example: was / and / shirt / over / with / it, / trainers. / wearing / He / jeans / white / a / T-shirt, / a / checked > He was wearing a white T-shirt, with a checked shirt over it, jeans and trainers.

  1. series / big / almost / has / hate / The / new / it’s / good. / fill / high-top / it, / shoes / to / to / but / and / I / admit
  2. the / rayon / as / viscose. / textiles / in / production / used / of / and / such / The / is / chemical
  3. jeans / was / was / and / wearing / shirt. / not / wearing / blue / testified / a / She / acid-washed / he / that
  4. white / and / jeans / fake / leather / trainers. / stone-washed / beige / The / wore / a / jacket, / girl / blue
  5. wearing / and / shirt, / baggy / sandals, / was / a / He / checked / traditional / plastic / trousers.
  1. The new series has big high-top shoes to fill and I almost hate to admit it, but it’s good.
  2. The chemical is used in the production of textiles such as rayon and viscose.
  3. She testified that he was wearing blue acid-washed jeans and was not wearing a shirt.
  4. The girl wore a beige fake leather jacket, blue stone-washed jeans and white trainers.
  5. He was wearing plastic sandals, a checked shirt, and baggy traditional trousers.

Find and correct the mistakes.

Example: Women tend to wear very colorfull long-sleeved, ankle-length dresses. > Women tend to wear very colorful long-sleeved, ankle-length dresses.

  1. I threw on a plaine t-shirt over my swimsuit, grabbed my beach towel, and headed over to the living room.
  2. Both fabrics wick perspiration away from your skin while natural fibers like coton and wooll tend to get damp and clammy with sweat.
  3. And I really want those platform shoes seen at the end of this colection!
  4. These people loves cheked shirts, right?!
  5. Though she’s costumed in mom jeans and confortable shoes, she’s at her most thrilling.
  1. I threw on a plain t-shirt over my swimsuit, grabbed my beach towel, and headed over to the living room.
  2. Both fabrics wick perspiration away from your skin while natural fibers like cotton and wool tend to get damp and clammy with sweat.
  3. And I really want those platform shoes seen at the end of this collection!
  4. These people love checked shirts, right?!
  5. Though she’s costumed in mom jeans and comfortable shoes, she’s at her most thrilling.

Writing

Write a short text about your two favorite pieces of clothing. Remember to use as much of the Target Language as possible.

Example: My favorite piece of clothing is a plain white cotton T-shirt and I use it…