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Alexander McQueen Fashion Label to Live OnThe luxury goods maker PPR has announced it will continue with the Alexander McQueen fashion label. It was uncertain what would happen to the brand after the death of its designer Alexander McQueen on February 11th. PPR is the world’s third largest manufacturer of luxurious goods. It’s chairman Francois Henri Pinault said: “The trademark Alexander McQueen will live on. This would be the best tribute that we could offer to him.” The British label is part of the Gucci fashion group. It has 11 boutiques and employs 180 people worldwide. The top stores are in London, New York and Milan. Many celebrities love Alexander McQueen’s designs, including Nicole Kidman, Penélope Cruz and Rihanna. Pop star Lady Gaga often wears his creations in her music videos.
The British fashion designer was born Lee Alexander McQueen in East London in 1969. He was the son of working class parents but became one of the fashion world’s leading lights. He took his own life in his London apartment, leaving a suicide note. People close to him believe he never recovered from the death of his mother in early February. McQueen graduated with a Master’s degree in fashion at London's most prestigious fashion school, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. He soon made a name for himself worldwide and very quickly became the chief designer at Givenchy. He won the British Designer of the Year award four times. He will be remembered for his unconventional designs and for his fashion shows being unforgettable experiences.
WARM-UPS1. FASHION: Walk around the class and talk to other students about fashion. Change partners often. Sit with your first partner(s) and share your findings. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. SUPERSTARS: What do they give the world? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners and share what you wrote. Change and share again.
4. CELEBRITY: Students A strongly believe the idea of celebrity is bad; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. LUXURY GOODS: Want them? Rate these and share your ratings with your partner: 10 = would love, love, LOVE this; 1 = Have zero interest in this. Change partners and share your ratings again.
6. LUXURY: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘luxury’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.
3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)
WHILE READING / LISTENINGGAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text:
LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gapsThe luxury goods maker PPR has announced it __________________ Alexander McQueen fashion label. It was uncertain what would happen to the brand __________________ designer Alexander McQueen on February 11th. PPR is the world’s third largest manufacturer of luxurious goods. It’s chairman Francois Henri Pinault said: “The trademark Alexander McQueen will live on. This would __________________ that we could offer to him.” The British __________________ Gucci fashion group. It has 11 boutiques and employs 180 people worldwide. __________________ London, New York and Milan. Many celebrities love Alexander McQueen’s designs, including Nicole Kidman, Penélope Cruz and Rihanna. Pop star Lady Gaga __________________ her music videos. The British fashion designer was born Lee Alexander McQueen in East London in 1969. He was the __________________ parents but became one of the fashion world’s leading lights. He __________________ in his London apartment, __________________. People close to him believe he never recovered from the death of his mother in early February. McQueen graduated with a Master’s degree in fashion at London's __________________ fashion school, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. He soon __________________ himself worldwide and very quickly became the chief designer at Givenchy. He won the British Designer of the Year award four times. He __________________ for his unconventional designs and for his fashion shows being unforgettable experiences. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘fashion’ and ‘designer’.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…? 4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. 5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:
STUDENT FASHION SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about fashion in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
FASHION DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGE – MULTIPLE CHOICEThe luxury goods maker PPR has announced it will continue with the Alexander McQueen fashion label. It was (1) ____ what would happen to the brand after the death (2) ____ its designer Alexander McQueen on February 11th. PPR is the world’s third largest manufacturer of luxurious goods. It’s chairman Francois Henri Pinault said: “The trademark Alexander McQueen will live (3) ____. This would be the best (4) ____ that we could offer to him.” The British label is part of the Gucci fashion group. It has 11 boutiques and (5) ____ 180 people worldwide. The top stores are in London, New York and Milan. Many celebrities love Alexander McQueen’s designs, including Nicole Kidman, Penélope Cruz and Rihanna. Pop star Lady Gaga often wears his (6) ____ in her music videos. The British fashion designer was born Lee Alexander McQueen in East London in 1969. He was the son of working (7) ____ parents but became one of the fashion world’s leading lights. He (8) ____ his own life in his London apartment, leaving a suicide (9) ____. People close to him believe he never recovered from the death of his mother in early February. McQueen graduated with a Master’s degree in fashion at London's most (10) ____ fashion school, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. He soon made a (11) ____ for himself worldwide and very quickly became the chief designer at Givenchy. He won the British Designer of the Year award four times. He will be (12) ____ for his unconventional designs and for his fashion shows being unforgettable experiences. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITINGWrite about fashion for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ HOMEWORK1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about Alexander McQueen. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. FASHION: Make a poster about fashion. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. LUXURY: Write a magazine article about luxury goods. Include imaginary interviews with someone who loves them and someone who hates them. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s). 5. LETTER: Write a letter to a leading fashion designer. Ask him/her three questions about fashion. Give him/her three of your opinions on today’s fashion. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: Alexander McQueen fashion label to live onThe luxury goods maker PPR has announced it will continue with the Alexander McQueen fashion label. It was uncertain what would happen to the brand after the death of its designer Alexander McQueen on February 11th. PPR is the world’s third largest manufacturer of luxurious goods. It’s chairman Francois Henri Pinault said: “The trademark Alexander McQueen will live on. This would be the best tribute that we could offer to him.” The British label is part of the Gucci fashion group. It has 11 boutiques and employs 180 people worldwide. The top stores are in London, New York and Milan. Many celebrities love Alexander McQueen’s designs, including Nicole Kidman, Penélope Cruz and Rihanna. Pop star Lady Gaga often wears his creations in her music videos. The British fashion designer was born Lee Alexander McQueen in East London in 1969. He was the son of working class parents but became one of the fashion world’s leading lights. He took his own life in his London apartment, leaving a suicide note. People close to him believe he never recovered from the death of his mother in early February. McQueen graduated with a Master’s degree in fashion at London's most prestigious fashion school, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. He soon made a name for himself worldwide and very quickly became the chief designer at Givenchy. He won the British Designer of the Year award four times. He will be remembered for his unconventional designs and for his fashion shows being unforgettable experiences. LANGUAGE WORK
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