Read and learn the following words and word combinations from the text. Dainty – изящный;

Dainty – изящный;

Peep – выглядывать;

Frill – оборка;

Hem – кайма, кромка;

Wrist – запястье;

Bustle – турнюр;

Protrude – выдаваться;

Exaggerated – преувеличенный;

Finery – пышный наряд;

Cashmere – кашемир;

Shawl – шаль, платок;

Woven – плетенный;

Fringe – бахрома, край;

Avid – страстный;

Spin (span, spun) –прясть, плести;

Calico – ситец;

Gingham – полосатая или клетчатая бумажная или льняная материя из крашенной пряжи;

Answer the following questions.

1. What did Victorian fashion plates show from 1858?

2. How did the form of sleeves change during this period?

3. What did women wear before going out?

4. What was "aesthetic dress"?

5. What did people wear in remote rural villages?

6. What did women spin in mid-19^th century America?

7. Why didn’t women use hoops in their clothes in mid-19^th century America?

8. What was nicknamed "bloomers"?

9. What did puritan religious communities prefer?

10. How did the walking dress look at the end of the 19^th century?

11. Who could afford to buy the walking dress?

12. When and where did women wear trousers during this period?

Choose the right synonyms for the underlined words.

1. Victorian fashion plates from 1858 showed dainty young women with huge befrilled, be-ribboned, domed skirts held out with hoops.

2. In the mid-1890s interest switched from the bustle to enormous "leg-of-mutton" sleeves.

3. Their tiny boots peeped out beneath frilled hems.

4. Not everybody was an avid follower of fashion, however.

5. For outdoor wear, there were cashmere shawls imported from India or copies woven in the Scottish town of Paisley.

6. The capes were trimmed with braid decoration and chenille velvet fringing.

7. In the late 1840s, a group of women adopted comfortable Turkish-style trousers, and wore them with flat shoes and long tunics.

Head-scarf, huge, ribbon, passionate, graceful, cosy, spun, small.

Find out if the following statements true or false. Correct the false ones.

1. For outdoor wear, there were cashmere shawls imported from China or copies woven in the Scottish town of Paisley.

2. The bright styles varied enormously even from town to town.

3. In puritan religious communities the men wore black suits and wide-brimmed hats, the women plain dresses, shawls and bonnets.

4. By 1770 the hoops were replaced with bustles protruding at the back.

5. Some women even took to skirts when working at home or on the land.

6. Most women could only afford dresses in cheap, dark wools or cottons, with little decoration.

7. In mid-19^th century America frontier women bought shirts and underwear for their men, and simple calico dresses, aprons, and sunbonnets.

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