Module 2, vocabulary

Read the text and complete the blanks with the correct form of the words in bold.

‘Fashion victim’ is a term used to describe someone who feels that they have to be (1) __             ______ (fashion) and need to buy every latest hot design. However, there are other kinds of fashion victims too and that includes the (2) __          ______ (starve) size zero models who can be seen on catwalks and in magazines. Unlike the many (3) __          _____ (home) on the street who really don’t have food to eat, these models choose to go days without eating or eat just lettuce for months.

Some fashion designers finally protested against these dangerously thin models. After the death of a model from undereating, in August 2006, Madrid Fashion Week banned size zero models and major Italian fashion labels also agreed to ban size zero models from their catwalks. It was not just models but women and mothers too, who were (4) _          ___ (thank) for this change, as what happens in the fashion world also puts pressure on women and girls in general.

Many people believe that the clothes we see in fashion magazines should be (5) _          ____ (wear) by real people and that there shouldn’t be unrealistic expectations put on the way we should look. Furthermore, it is believed that (6) _            _____ (innovation) designs should be available for people of all sizes and shapes. In addition, one designer points out that it’s not always the case that you can take the same design and just make it in all sizes. Sometimes (7) _              __ (consider) changes have to be made to make the same outfit look good as the size changes.

Even before the appearance of models, people suffered for their appearance, wearing shoes with incredibly high heels or dresses pulled so tight that it was (8) _            ____ (possible) for the person wearing them to breathe, causing them to faint. The challenge, then, for some designers is to make clothes that are playful and original and able to be worn by real people.

Choose the word that best completes each sentence.

If you want to have longer hair, you can always get _______.

Choose the word that best completes each sentence.

I don’t know what to wear, but Mary’s going to help me find a(n) ________ that would be suitable for the occasion.