Glencoe Discovering Life Skills Chapter 15 Your Fashion Statement

Chapter 15 Your Fashion Statement

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WARM UP/First Assignment

1. Define these Vocabulary Words• Modesty

• Style

• Fashion

• Alteration

• Fad

• Status

• inventory

2. Contrast Style and Fashion

3. Describe the Four categories you can use to take a clothing inventory. (Hint: Use Chapter 15.1 to find the 4 categories)

Please turn in this assignment when finished.

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Section 15.1 Selecting Your Clothes

• People wear clothes out of necessity and to make a personal statement.

• You can expand your wardrobe when you add accessories and evaluate what you already have.

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Clothing Choices

• Clothing choices change but the purpose stays the same.

• Clothes protect you from weather and injury.

• Clothes can be used as adornment, or decoration.

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Clothing Choices

• A uniform can identify you as part of a group.• Your sense of modesty can influence the clothes

you wear.• Designer labels, logos, and symbols can reveal

one’s status.

statusRank in relation to others; position in society.

modestyThe belief about the proper way to cover the body with clothes.

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Clothing Choices

• Not all styles of clothing are considered fashions.

fashionA style of clothing that is popular at a particular time

styleThe distinctive quality or form of something; the design of a garment.

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Clothing Choices

• An alteration can update a piece of clothing’s style or fashion.

• Some fashions are fads.

alterationA change made to clothing, often to modify the style and give it a fresh, new look.

fadA fashion that is very popular for a short time.

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Make the Most of Your Wardrobe

• Take a clothing inventory by sorting them into categories: • wear often• do not fit• never wear• need repairs

inventoryAn itemized list; a summary.

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Make the Most of Your Wardrobe

• Accessories include:

• Accessories can change the look of your outfits and emphasize your best features.

What types of accessories do you wear? Why?

• belts.• jewelry.

• scarves.• ties.

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Chapter Summary

Section 15.1Selecting Your Clothes

• Clothing can help you present who you are and what is important to you.

• The occasion or activity that you are dressing for helps to determine your clothing choices.

• Think about what kind of clothes you wear.

• Evaluate your personal style and the clothes you like best.

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Teen Trends Poster

Choose a fashion fad that is popular now or was popular in the past. • Where did it begin? • How did people find out about it?• Who was most influenced by the fad?

Create a small poster with images or drawings of the fad, and include the information you found in your research.

Due Friday 1/20/2012