A Clothes to die for

Fashion 1
retailers : people who sell things
fashion leaders: the best known and
most successful designers
designs: the design of something is the
way it will look when it is finished: here,
the clothes seen on the catwalk will be
different when they are finally sold

Fashion 2
fabrics: types of cloth
catwalk: the raised narrow platform models
walk along to display clothes
extravagant: extreme and impressive but
not practical or cheap

Fashion 3
translated into street fashion: is actually sold in a similar form in shops
first impressions count: the first thing we think about someone is very important
Image....project: if you project an image of yourself as, for example, confident you give people a general impression of confidence

Fashion 4
bombarded: if you are bombarded with magazines you keep seeing them
trendy: very fashionable
blurred: if the distinction between two things gets blurred, it becomes harder to tell the difference between them

Fashion 5
stares and sniggers: rude looks and unpleasant laughs
out to get women: determined to cause them harm, for instance by embarrassing them
bondage: tying someone up
misogyny: hating women

Fashion 6
cynical ploy: a self serving way of getting an advantage over someone
in a froth: talking excitedly but saying nothing serious
marketing tool: a way of promoting something

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