Les vêtements at B2 — fashion & expressing taste
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Discuss fashion as a topic and give nuanced opinions.
📓 La mode & le goût
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high fashion
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ready-to-wear
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a brand
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a trend
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mismatched
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understated / flashy
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to flatter / show off
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something you fall for
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fast fashion
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to have style
🔊 Example sentences
Cette couleur te met vraiment en valeur.That colour really flatters you.
Je préfère un style sobre.I prefer an understated style.
La fast fashion pose un problème écologique.Fast fashion is an environmental problem.
💡 Your B2 goal
At B2 aim for automatic use plus the nuances — register, exceptions, and combining this point with others in longer sentences. Errors here should be rare and self-caught.
Feeling shaky? Step back to Les Vetements at B1. Comfortable? Level up to Les Vetements at C1.
J’ai eu un coup de cœur pour ce manteau.I fell for this coat.
✍️ Practice
Cette robe te met en ___ . (flatter) (mode)
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valeur
Je préfère un style ___ , pas voyant. (understated) (goût)
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sobre
La ___ fashion pollue beaucoup. (fast) (mode)
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fast
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