CLOTHES

You can use next phrasal verbs for describing yourself.

✓ PUT ON
It’s cold outside. Put on your jacket!

✓ TAKE OFF
Oh, it’s so hot! I’m going to take off my jacket and can stay in T-shirt.

✓ HAVE ON (doesn’t use in Continuous tenses)

She had a red jacket on.

✓ ZIP UP
Mike, why didn’t you zip up your sport bag?

✓ BUTTON UP

If you want to stay to work here, you must button up your shirt in full.

✓ DRESS UP
I have a hot date tonight, so I want to dress up.

✓ THROW ON

She was late this morning and just threw on the first skirt she found.

✓ TRY ON
When you are shopping, you should always try on clothes before you buy them.
✓ KICK OFF
I can’t wait that moment when I will be at home and kick off my shoes.

✓ WEAR IN
I have to wear new shoes in to make them more comfortable.

✓ HANG UP
Don’t leave your coat on the back of chair. Hang it up!

Exercise 4. Try to describe people on the pictures.

1. What is your favorite color?

2. What do you think what colors are energetic, relaxing, aggressive?
3. What kinds of clothes do you consider unfashionable?
4. How clothes are popular in this season?
Exercise 5. What do we look like? look like - выглядеть как
waistcoat - жилетка

1. What kind of clothes do you wear to the party?

I like to wear = I like wearing
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2. What do you like to wear at home?
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3. What clothes do you have on at work or study?
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What
4. When do you like to wear on vacation?
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приходит в голову
5. Write the clothes which you take into your head when you think about woman and
man who work at office.
Man: jacket, trousers, suit, tie, shoes, shirt
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Woman: dress, suit, trousers, shirt, skirt, waistcoat
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6. What don’t you like to wear?
suit, slip dress, slippers, coat, hat
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Black, white, pink, brown

Yellow, green, orange, blue, purple
 VOCABULARY

Here you can see many kinds of clothing and it’s just short of them.
OUTWEAR / OUTDOOR CLOTHES верхняя одежда
WOMEN’S CLOTHING женская одежда
MEN’S CLOTHING мужская одежда
UNDERWEAR нижнее белье
CASUAL повседневный стиль
FORMAL CLOTHES официальная одежда
SPORTWEAR спорт одежда
WORKWEAR, PROTECTIVE CLOTHING рабочая, защитная одежда
SWIMWEAR плавательная
UNIFORM униформа
MAIN PIECES OF CLOTHING
BOOTS ботинки
COAT пальто
DRESS платье
JACKET куртка, пиджак
JEANS джинсы
SHIRT рубашка
SHOES обувь, туфли
SKIRT юбка
SUIT costume костюм карнавальный, ролевой
SWEATER/ JUMPER свитер, джемпер
TROUSERS / PANTS штаны
TRAINERS/ SNEAKERS кроссовки, кеды

Now I tell you about kinds of clothing which you need to know. It can help to you to
appreciate the style and different types of clothing. So, I’m sure that you will use this
information when you do shopping.

SHIRTS & BLOUSES

BLOUSE блузка
DRESS SHIRT официально-деловая рубашка
POLO-SHIRT поло-рубашка
TANK TOP
T-SHIRT майка
TUNIC туника
OUTWEAR
DOWN-PADDED COAT пуховик
FUR COAT шуба
JACKET куртка
LEATHER JACKET кожаная куртка
SHEEPSKIN COAT дубленка
PARKA парка
TRENCH COAT тренч
RAINCOAT дождевик
WAISTCOAT жилетка
WINDCHEATER, WINDBREAKER ветровка
JACKETS & SWEATERS
CARDIGAN (WOOL PULLOWER WITH
BUTTONS WITHOUT COLLAR) кардиган
HOODIE худи
POLO NECK/ TURTLENECK гольф
PULLOVER/ SWEATER свитер
SLEEVELESS JACKET жилетка
SWEAT-SHIRT спортивная кофта
PANTS, SHORTS & JEANS
BELL-BOTTOMS брюки-бананы
SHORTS шорты
SWEAT PANTS спортивные штаны
BOOT-LEGGED JEANS джеггинсы
BOYFRIEND JEANS джинсы бойфренды
HIGH WAISTED JEANS высокие джинсы
LOW RISE JEANS низкие джинсы
RELAXED/ LOOSE JEANS свободные джинсы
RIPPED/ DISTRESSED JEANS прямые джинсы
SLIM, SKINNY, TIGHT JEANS скини джинсы
STRAIGHT, REGULAR FIT, CLASSIC JEANS классические джинсы
WIDE-LEG JEANS клеш джинсы
SKIRTS & DRESSES
FLARED SKIRT клеш
MAXI
MIDI
MINI
PENCIL SKIRT юбка-карандаш
COCTAIL DRESS коктейльное платье
DRESSING GOWN пышное платье
EVENING DRESS вечернее платье
SHEATH DRESS облегающее платье
SLIP DRESS комбинация
STRAPLESS DRESS без лямок платье
WEDDING DRESS
WRAP DRESS платье-футляр
SUITS
BUSINESS SUIT официальная одежда
CASUAL SUIT
COSTUME
DINNER JACKET/ TUXEDO вечерний костюм (мужской)
TAIL COAT фрак
TWO-PIECE SUIT (SKIRT/PANTS AND
JACKET) двойка
THREE-PIECE SUIT (PANTS, JACKET AND
WAISTCOAT) тройка
ACCESSORIES
BRACES подтяжки
GLOVES/ MITTENS перчатки/варежки
LACES шнурки
SOCKS носки
STOCKINGS чулки
TIGHTS колготки
BELT ремень
UMBRELLA зонтик
BERET
BUCKET HAT/ STRAW HAT соломенная шляпа
CAP кепка
HAT шляпа, шапка
VEIL фата
UNDERWEAR
BOXERS боксеры
BRA/ BRASSIERE лиф
BRIEFS брифы
KNICKERS/ PANTIES трусы
LINGERIE/ WOMEN’S UNDERWEAR нижнее белье (женское)
NIGHTDRESS сорочка
PYJAMAS пижама
FOOTWEAR
FLATS без каблука
FLIP-FLOPS шлепки
HIGH BOOTS сапоги
HIGH HEELS туфли на высоком каблуке
HIKING BOOTS для хайкинга
PUMPS лодочки на каблуке
SANDALS босоножки
SLINGBACKS босоножки на ремешках
SLIPPERS тапочки
STILETTOS туфли на шпильке
WEDGES туфли на танкетке

And, of course, you need to know about variety of fabric and patterns.

FABRIC, MATERIAL
SYNTHETIC LEATHER искусственная кожа
CALICO ситец
CHIFFON шифон
COTTON хлопок
DENIM джинс
LACE кружево
LINEN лён
NYLON нейлон
PLASTIC синтетика
SATIN сатин
SUEDE замша
VELVET вельвет
WOOL шерсть
PATTERNS узор
CHECK клетка
PLAIDED крупная клетка
FLORAL PRINT растительный
FLOWERY PRINT цветочный
PATTERNED узорчатый
PLAIN однотон
SPOTTED в горошек
STRIPPED в полоску
TARTAN шотландская клетка

Vocabulary list was prepared by tutor of foreign languages, Viktoria Lukanskaya.