UNIT 1.2 Famous Fashion Designers Timing. 3 sessions - 1h each

ICT Resources: Open Office Impress | WordCloud | Youtube

Key competences:

• Communication in foreign languages • Social and civic competences • Cultural awareness and expression

Objectives: a. Linguistic:

a.1 Identifying countries and nationalities a.2 Giving and understand biographic information about others a.3 Getting to know fashion vocabulary and expressions

b. Non-Linguistic b.1 Identifying famous world fashion designers b.2 Matching fashion designers to fashion history and countries

Contents: a. Linguistic:

a.1 Spelling a.2 Past tense a.3 Present tense 3rd person

b. Non-Linguistic b.1 Famous fashion designers biographies b.2 Countries and nationalities b.3 Clothes and fabrics

Unit plan Session 1 Set the students in groups and ask them to think of famous female and male designers they know. Ask them to write down their names. Set a minimum number of names for each group. NOTE: If students have access to computers, tablets or mobile phones, you can let

them surf the net and ask them to check spelling. If students don’t have Internet access in the classroom, you can help them with

the spelling of the names they come up with. Once all groups have finished, you can use the digital screen to create a word cloud online (http://www.wordclouds.com) with all names they have, asking each student in a group to spell a name. After that you can do some brainstorming, asking about each designer’s nationality or country of origin, age, marital status, etc so students can work on personal information, countries and nationalities in English.

Session 2 Set the students in groups and tell them they will try to match each picture of a famous designer with a name, a nationality and some biographic and professional information. Tell them it’s a game and they will play in groups. Hand them a copy of Worksheet 1 and give them some time to read the information in the worksheets and match all data they know. After a short time, tell students they are allowed to ask you questions so they can match all the information they don’t know. They will be allowed to ask only yes/no questions, for example, “Is Sophia Tolli Australian?” “Is Francisco Costa the Women’s Creative Director of Calvin Klein collection?” “Did Coco Chanel die when she was 52?” You can check they ask questions correctly. Set turns so if a group ask a question with an affirmative answer they keep their turn but if they get a “No” for an answer, they’ll lose their turn The first group who finishes matching all the information correctly will be the winner. NOTE: If the group is motivated you can complete the lesson with an Open Office

Impress presentation with short bio-information about other fashion designers Session 3 Set the students in groups and give each one a copy of Worksheet 2. Students will watch a video about Christian Dior (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYjE48Pj8fg) and will try to fill in the gaps in their worksheets. Once you have finished doing the listening comprehension, you can check students’ answers and go through the new vocabulary or expressions they have heard. Do some talking about Christian Dior’s life or ask students to name their favourite fashion designer and explain why. NOTE: Depending on the level of the group, you may find it more convenient to read

the text yourself out loud and check each answer or couple of answers, pausing to work on vocabulary and expressions.

Session 1 Fashion designers

Session 2 Fashion designers

Student’s worksheet Look at the tables and fill in the blanks with information in the box

FRANCISCO COSTA 88 an orphanage COCO CHANEL 51 trademark suits brother Chanel 13

Brazil Australia Mon Cheri 44 SOPHIA TOLLI leather and fur JEREMY LAING Canada 61 Italian vegetarian Germany DONATELLA VERSACE mother

KARL LAGERFELD France drug addiction England high starched collars STELLA McCARTNEY daughter 82

draping and layering Calvin Klein’s Collection bridal gowns 1. NAME:

He’s from ___________ and he’s _____ years old . He’s the head designer and creative director of the fashion houses _________________ and Fendi. He is well recognized for his trademark white hair, black glasses, and _________________.

2. NAME:

She’s from ___________ and she’s _____ years old. As a committed _______________ and her clothes reflect that, as she doesn’t use any _______________ in her collections She is the ____________ of a former Beatles member

3. NAME:

She’s from _____________ She specializes in _________________ and she

collaborates with _________________ label

4. NAME:

She’s from ___________ and she’s _____ years old . Her ____________ was also a fashion designer. When he died she took over her eponymous label's design. Known for her wild partying lifestyle, she battled __________________ for many years.

5. NAME:

He was born in _____________ . He learned to sew at age _______ by watching his ____________, and has been making clothes ever since. He has a reputation for sharp tailoring, geometric construction and _________________ techniques

6. NAME:

She was born in _____________ She was raised in _______________ and taught to sew. She is famous for her timeless designs, _______________ and little black dresses. She died when she was ________________

7. NAME:

He’s _____ years old and he’s from _____________ He is a famous designer and the Women's Creative Director of _________________

Patricia Conde

Teaher’s worksheet 1 Look at the tables and fill in the blanks with information in the box

FRANCISCO COSTA 88 an orphanage COCO CHANEL 51 trademark suits brother Chanel 13

Brazil Australia Mon Cheri 44 SOPHIA TOLLI leather and fur JEREMY LAING Canada 61 Italian vegetarian Germany DONATELLA VERSACE mother

KARL LAGERFELD France drug addiction England high starched collars STELLA McCARTNEY daughter 82

draping and layering Calvin Klein’s Collection bridal gowns 1. NAME: KARL LAGERFELD

He’s from _Germany__ and he’s _82_ years old . He’s the head designer and creative director of the fashion houses ____Chanel___ and Fendi. He is well recognized for his trademark white hair, black glasses, and _ high starched collars _.

2. NAME: STELLA McCARTNEY

She’s from _ England __ and she’s 44 years old. As a committed __ vegetarian __ and her clothes reflect that, as she doesn’t use any _ leather and fur _ in her collections She is the daughter of a former Beatles member

3. NAME: SOPHIA TOLLI

She’s from __ Australia _ She specializes in _ bridal gowns __ and she

collaborates with _ Mon Cheri _ label

4. NAME: DONATELLA VERSACE

She’s from __ Italy __ and she’s _61_ years old . Her __ brother _ was also a fashion designer. When he died she took over her eponymous label's design. Known for her wild partying lifestyle, she battled __ drug addiction __ for many years.

5. NAME: JEREMY LAING

He was born in __ Canada ___ . He learned to sew at age __13__ by watching his _ mother __, and has been making clothes ever since. He has a reputation for sharp tailoring, geometric construction and _ draping and layering _ techniques

6. NAME: COCO CHANEL

She was born in __ France _ She was raised in _an orphanage_ and taught to sew. She is famous for her timeless designs, trademark suits and little black dresses. She died when she was ____88_____

7. NAME: FRANCISCO COSTA

He’s _51_ years old and he’s from _Brazil_ He is a famous designer and the Women's Creative Director of __ Calvin Klein’s Collection _

Patricia Conde

Session 3 Christian Dior

Celebrities designer

Christian Dior

1. Christian Dior was born in …..

January _____ , _____

2. His family was rich TRUE | FALSE

3. He started his career by selling …

________ _______________

and eventually entered the house of Lucien Lelong where he learned how to design clothes.

4. He opened his own design house …

in ___________________

5. What characteristics of Dior’s designs are mentioned in the video?

• _________ shoulders

• _________ shoulders

• __________ waist

• __________ that drop down to

the __________.

Quick facts

Name Christian Dior

Occupation

Fashion Designer Birth Date

January ___, ______ Place of Birth Granville, France

Education École des Sciences Politiques Death Date (age 52)

October 23, ______ Place of Death Montecatini, Italy

Brilliant businessman 7. Christian Dior expanded the haute couture into today’s label, licensing for:

• gloves

• ____________

• ___________

• ___________ and,

• corsets.

8. Dior died of a heart attack in …

__________

9. When Dior died his assistant took leadership of the company. What was his name?

_______ _________ __________

Early life and career 6. Some of Dior’s famous clients were:

• _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

• _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

• _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

• The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of _ _ _ _ _ _

• _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Celebrities designer During the 1950s, Christian Dior was indisputably the most famous designer in the world.

Some of Dior’s famous clients included Ava Gardner, Marlene Dietrich, Rita Hayworth and the Duchess of Windsor.

He was famous for dressing Grace Kelly and making these women so glamorous by just accentuated their femininity.

Christian Dior

When you say the words Christian Dior, you really think French couture.

Dior was anonymous with luxury and beauty.

Every woman who was any woman wanted Christian Dior’s clothes.

Christian Dior was born on January 21st 1905 in Normandy, France. Although he was raised in a wealthy family, his fashion career had a modest beginning

He had to make his own way in the world, he did this by selling fashion illustrations and this gave him and entrée into the house of Lucien Lelong and that’s where he learned how to design clothes.

In 1946, Dior opened his own design house and revolutionized fashion with his first collection.

During the war years, there was a fabric crash and fashion became very subtle and almost boring, and when Dior introduced his new look post World War II, it really was about opulence.

The Christian Dior new look was the complete opposite of what had been fashionable for the five previous years: Dior rocked the shoulder in, sloped it, he nipped in the waist, and he had incredibly fall skirts that drop down to the ankle.

Quick facts

Name Christian Dior

Occupation

Fashion Designer Birth Date

January 21, 1905 Place of Birth Granville, France

Education École des Sciences Politiques Death Date (age 52)

October 23, 1957 Place of Death Montecatini, Italy

Brilliant businessman A brilliant businessman as well as a designer. Dior created a fashion empire. Dior took the haute couture and expanded it into what we have today: luxury ready to wear, licensing for gloves and stockings and perfume and hats and, at that time, corsets.

He made dozens of licensing agreements, many of them still in effect today and he knew how to tap into the lucrative American market.

Christian Dior died of a heart attack in 1957. His assistant Yves Saint Laurent took leadership of the company and the house of Dior lived on. Dior had such a profound impact on fashion that we tend to forget how short his career really was. In just a decade, he managed to create a legend and a legacy that is still with us today.