Lesson 2 Passion for Fashion
How Fashion Items Got Their Names
Do you know what ____ jumpsuit is?
It is usually a single item that covers your whole body, even your ____ and legs.
It is easy and ____ to put on and to take off.
As the name indicates, the jumpsuit began as clothing for jumping from ____
Later, designers transformed this functional design into luxurious women’s ____ items seen in fashion shows around the world.
____ the jumpsuit, there are other fashion items with interesting stories about how they got their names.
Sneak Up in Sneakers
You have probably owned a pair of sneakers for everyday activities ____ sports.
They are a type ____ athletic shoe designed specifically to be worn for physical activities and sports.
So, why are they called ____
The name “sneakers” is derived from the term “to ____ up.”
Due to the fact that sneakers’ soles are mostly ____ of rubber, they make little noise when people walk.
____ allows people who are wearing them to sneak up on others.
Before rubber, leather was used for the sole ____ shoes.
Traditional ____ shoes make a lot of noise, and it is easier to hear the person wearing them.
However, with sneakers, you can quietly sneak up on your ____ and surprise them.
Blue Jeans from Genoa
Whether they are loose fit or slim fit, most of you have at least one ____ of blue jeans.
They ____ named “jeans” because they were made of jean, a sort of tough cotton cloth.
____ word jean is a modification of Gênes, the French name of the Italian city of Genoa.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, Genoa was a ____ center for trade.
Sailing merchants from Genoa traded their goods throughout Europe, particularly in ____ and France.
____ of the items that made Genoa famous was a strong cotton cloth, ideally suited to making tough work clothes.
The cloth was ____ likely colored blue.
French was widely spoken in Europe at that time, so the cloth was ____ “bleu de Gênes” (the blue of Genoa).
____ is how the pants made with “bleu de Gênes” became known as blue jeans in English.
A Man in a Tuxedo in Tuxedo Park
People wear tuxedos when a formal dress code is required, like for the opera, dinner ____ or awards shows.
The tuxedo likely got its name from Tuxedo Park, one of the first ____ communities in New York.
In the late 19th century, ____ usually wore jackets with long tails that reached their knees on formal occasions.
____ evening, a man showed up with a short black jacket without tails in Tuxedo Park.
The male guests who stayed there were fascinated by the new jacket and ____ to wear the same style.
Later, more people asked their tailors to make them a jacket “like the ____ worn in Tuxedo Park.”
At first, this style ____ jacket was considered less formal than one with long tails.
As more and ____ men wore the shorter style, it eventually replaced the longer version.
____ men’s formal wear is the tuxedo.
Isn’t it ironic that the tuxedo was not originally considered very formal, but now ____ is the most formal clothing men wear?
Flip-flops, Flip-flop
On beaches and at pools, everyone seems to wear simple shoes with a band ____ the top of the foot and between the big toe and second toe.
Amazingly, they are one of the oldest ____ in history.
Ancient Egyptian paintings show they were ____ around 4,000 B.C.
Due to the fact that they have such a long history, ____ have different names all around the world.
The ____ call them zories.
New Zealanders call them jandals, which is a shortened ____ of “Japanese sandals.”
However, in the USA, these shoes ____ called “flip-flops.”
Just walk around in a pair of them, and you ____ easily guess why they got this name.
The rubber soles hit the bottom of your feet ____ you walk, making a flip-flop, flip-flop sound.
The sound became the ____ of the shoes, flip-flops.
Whatever origins these fashion items have, they are being worn by more and more ____ in various places around the world.
Why don’t you look for other fashion items that ____ as interesting name origins as those introduced here?