The key answer of exercise 1
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 13 - World culture - The search for cool for the textbook Cutting Edge Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Araminta Crace from Pearson Education
Question
Work in pairs and discuss. One of the ways people define 'cool' is by the clothes they wear. Do you know what these 'cool' items of clothing are? In which decade(s) were these items fashionable?
Answer
- trainers: type of shoe, wide-scale popularity since the 1980s
- flared jeans: jeans which are wide at the bottom, predominantly in the 1970s
- fedora: a hat, predominantly in the 1950s
- bandana: piece of cloth, worn round the head / neck, has been in and out of fashion since the 1960s