Answer — Exercise 1
13 - World culture - The search for cool·Cutting Edge Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book
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