The move to Paris

The empire changes
Through the 1980s and 90s Saint Laurent consolidated both his classic styles and an empire embracing fragrances, cosmetics, home linens, accessories, the all-important ready-towear lines and stores, and stylish menswear. In 1999 Gucci bought the YSL ready-to-wear line and made Tom Ford its designer (1999–2004). Ford paid homage to many YSL classics, while his successor, Stefano Pilati, favored a sharp chic. Hedi Slimane, former designer at Dior Homme, took over in 2012. Saint Laurent closed the couture business and retired in 2002. His promotion of the timeless classic remains a major legacy, while YSL motifs crop up constantly in the collections of younger designers, such as the tuxedo styles of Stella McCartney



EXERCISE 1. Word Use
Decide which the following choices is closest in meaning to the underlined word in the sentences and write down the corresponding letter.(Balenciaga)
1.In his early teens, a local aristocrat, who later became baristocrt
A.designer B. well-born C. fashioner
2. … body and in harmony with thefemale form.
A. mutual compatibility B.attractive C. Ugly
3. Female dress and religious vestments of Spain
A. Traditions B.necromancy C. special dress
4. Jackets with a fitted front and billowing back.
A. Wave B. Billow C.Come
5. He further refined the linearity that now dominated fashion.
A. Mutual B. Beautiful C. Linear
6. With new mass-market values and he closed his couture house.
A. Boutique B. vernacular market C. Rich market
7. Helped him secure a superior tailoring apprenticeship.
A. Teacher B traineeship C.master class
8. Branches in Madrid and Barcelona followed as he became Spain’s leading couturier.
A. subsidiary B. warehouse C. Main store
9. His straight, loose sack dress prefigured simple 1960s shapes.
A.ready B.pre-arranged C. Incomplete
10. Big buttons added bold detail, and seven-eighths length sleeves revealed women’s bracelets.
A.rings B.Smth to wear to ear C. Knob