1. Think and answer.

1. Which of the following sentences best sums up the point of the article “Friday dressing”?

“Friday dressing”

a) is an American idea which most companies have now adopted with great success.

b) is a good idea because people can express themselves freely through clothes.

c) is a nice idea in principle but it can be a dangerous one.

d) will never be accepted because there are no guidelines.

2. In what ways can people make mistakes when they wear casual clothes to work?

2. Answer the following questions.

1. How did the idea of “Friday dressing” appear?

2. Why, to your mind, did it appear in the U.S.?

3. Why could the idea be potentially dangerous?

4. What can clothes tell about a person?

5. What is daunting about “Friday dressing”?

6. What can hide behind our usual business attire?

7. What problem can lack of judgment in clothes cause?

8. Why is women’s clothing potentially more problematic than men’s?

9. Are there guidelines for “Friday dressing”? Should there be ones?

10. What kind of people are likely to disapprove of “Friday dressing”?

About you

1.Do you like the idea of “Friday dressing”? Does it exist in your country?

2. In pairs or groups, draw up a list of guidelines of Dos and Don’ts for a female and male dress code for “Friday dressing”.

3. The following text is divided into short extracts marked with numbers. Some of the extracts are correct and some have words which shouldn't be there. If there is an odd word, write it next to the number of the extract (given below the text).

(1) Once upon a time, fashion was an only for the rich. Paris was the centre of (2) the fashion world, and everyone else here tried to copy the top French (3) designers. But now fashion is a much more international matter. London, like (4) other big European cities, has have a large number of its own talented (5) designers. Street styles are not created by the big fashion designers. (6) The British don't think much about fashion very much. Most people go down (7) to their nearest shopping street and to buy something from a "chain" store. (8) The most popular of these stores, with a shop in such every town, is "Marks (9) and Spencer". It is Britain's favourite store. (10) It started more than a hundred years ago before when a young Polish (11) immigrant, Michael Marks, had a stall in Leeds Market. He didn't have that (12) many things to sell: some cotton, lots of buttons and a few shoe-laces. (13) Ten years later, he met Tom Spencer and together they started Penny Stalls (14) in many towns in the north of the England. Today there are more than 500 (15) branches of M&S all over through the world.

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