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Read the text and choose A for blue jeans, B for baseball cap or C for hoodie.

Say the word ‘fashion’ and the mind used to go the haute couture of Paris and Milan. But in the 50s, American fashion began to take on its own identity. It took its influence from the street, the sports arena and the workplace, creating a trend in clothing that has never gone away. Here we look at the origin of three items of classic American attire that are now worn everywhere.

Blue jeans

Denim is older than most people realise, having been invented in the French city of Nîmes (hence the name – de Nîmes, meaning ‘of Nîmes’). But it was the fifties that changed this hard-wearing fabric into part of the must-wear uniform of the American teenager. After cinema star James Dean wore them in the 1955 film Rebel without a Cause, their status was cemented, and today there is nearly no wardrobe that lacks a pair.

The baseball cap

The average game of baseball takes a little less than three hours to play, and the summer sun requires some kind of shade for the eyes. The emergence of synthetic fabrics and the invention of the adjustable snap-back strap allowed the cap to be mass-produced more and more cheaply from the 70s and onwards. But it was probably the adoption of the cap by hip hop artists in the 80s and 90s that sent the headwear global, and now you can see them adorning heads from Argentina to Afghanistan.

The hoodie

The first hoodies were manufactured in New York in the 1930s as a practical, warm garment to protect warehouse workers from the biting winter cold. Their utility meant they spread quickly across the country, but it wasn’t until the 70s that they really entered youth fashion. This had a lot to do with American universities and colleges printing their names on hoodies for students to wear, because as a result huge numbers of young American men and women had at least one in their closet. It wasn’t long before this garment had gone worldwide.

Youth style today is similar all over the world, so it’s often hard to distinguish a national origin. But it is no doubt that American trends, with their insistence on sporty, durable, casual clothing that simultaneously looks good, have grown to dominate the planet today.

1) was popularised by a musical genre?              

2) did an actor famously wear?

3) were made of a cloth first made in France?

4) became common through their connection to educational institutions?

5) were first worn to keep workers from getting cold?

6) were first worn to protect people’s eyes?

7) became popular the earliest?

8) became easier to afford through technological advances?

Answers:

1 – B

2 – A

3 – A

4 – C

5 – C

6 – B

7 – A

8 – B

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