Denim and the tony
Ginza district in Tokyo never before seemed the right fit, but for one day,
they were tailor-made for each other.
An outdoor fashion
show was held in the Ginza district on March 24 to showcase clothes and other fashion items made of quality denim
produced in Japan.
More than 150 models
walked the 100-meter catwalk
covered in denim for the event, the Ginza Runway, on Ginza's central street.
The show, watched by crowds of shoppers and passers-by lining both sides of
the runway, featured about 200 items by popular brands by apparel companies and students at
fashion schools in Japan.
The items ranged
from pastel-colored jeans,
luxurious dresses with frills and kimono, to headwear and bags.
The show was the brainchild of a Ginza department
store and others, intended to cheer people up after the nation marked the
one-year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11.
The denim made in
Japan was chosen because it is widely used by top fashion houses around the
world because of its high quality.
Children from the
disaster-stricken Sendai and Tokyo’s Chuo Ward, where the Ginza is situated,
made appearances in the show's finale.
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VOCABULARY
1.
Denim (n) - a type of strong cotton cloth
used especially to make jeans.
2.
Tony
(adj.) - fashionable and expensive( American English informal)
3.
Showcase
(v) - to show the good qualities of a
person, organization, product etc in an event or situation
4.
Catwalk
(n) - a long raised structure that models walk along in a fashion
show [= runway American
English]
5.
Apparel
(n) – clothes (formal)
6.
Pastel
(adj.) - light and pale colours
7.
Brainchild
(n) - an idea, plan, organization etc. that someone has thought of without any
help from anyone else
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
1.
What do you think about denim clothes? Do you
have any denim apparels?
2.
Describe fashion in your country.
3.
How often do you buy clothes in a year?
4.
Do you think brand is important in fashion?
5.
What is fashion for you? Explain.
