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流行時尚變變變 HOW FASHIONS CHANGE

日光下真的有新鮮事嗎？Fashion trends come and go and then come again

並非所有時尚潮流都是來來去去；其中也有一些潮流款式歷久不衰。

比如說，單寧牛仔褲就永遠不退流行；只是款式稍有變化而已。

喇叭褲變成寬鬆褲，又變成緊身牛仔褲或是破洞緊身牛仔褲。

然後，再變回喇叭褲。

時尚趨勢的一整個生命週期，稱為時尚週期；分為五個階段：引介期、上升期、巔峰期、衰退期以及過時期。

時尚週期沒有確切一定的時間長度；不過在許多情況下，網路會加速其進程。

一名設計師引介一種新的流行風格。

人們上傳自己以該風格穿著打扮的照片，介紹給更多人認識。

當幾乎人人都以該風格穿著打扮時，就達到了巔峰期。

當人們厭倦該穿著打扮並開始尋找新的風格時，衰退期就開始了。

最後，當該風格被批評為「退流行」時，那它就過時了。

但是，你應該保留那些過時衣物的！

因為那種風格鐵定會在二十年到三十年之內再度回歸。

 Not all fashion trends come and go. Some stay constant. Denim jeans, for example,

never go out of style. Their appearance just changes. Bell-bottoms turn into wide

legs which turn into tight skinny jeans or skinny jeans with rips. Then they turn into

bell-bottoms again. 

 The life of a fashion trend is called the fashion cycle. There are five stages: the introduction, the rise, the peak, the decline and the outdated. There is no determined time period for this cycle. The internet in many cases, though, has sped it up. A designer introduces a new style. People post pictures of themselves wearing the style, introducing more people to it. The peak comes when almost everyone is wearing it. When

people tire of it and look for something

new, the decline begins. Finally, the

fashion is outdated when the style is

criticized as being "so last year."

But you should save those outdated

clothes! That style will be back in 20 to

30 years.

 constant（adj）恆久不變的

Juliet’s love for Romeo remained constant even though her family was against him. 始終如一

 constant（adj）經常發生的

The constant noise of cars and trucks going by makes this a very noisy place to live.

持續的噪音

 constantly（adv）

Languages are constantly changing.

持續的噪音

 rip（n.）布料或紙張的裂縫或破洞

Melanie’s son asked her to fix the rip in his jacket.

Chloe doesn’t own any jeans that don’t have rips in them.

 rip（v.）撕裂；扯裂

Jeff ripped the piece of paper in half and threw it away.

to go out of style

baggy寬鬆的

very wide jeans

flares vs. bootcut pants

flares 喇叭褲

bootcut pants落靴型褲牛仔褲

to come full circle

If we say something has come full circle, that means it started one way, and then it went to something else, maybe evolved in another way, but then it came back again. 

outdated

something is not fashion anymore

take a spin 開車/騎車/三輪車去兜風

Danny got a new car, and we are taking a spin after work.

determined（adj.）果斷的；下定決心的

The  determined little boy fjinallylearned to ride his bike.

Alice was determined not to fail her algebra class even though it was very difficult for her. 代數課

determine（v.）決定；確定

Ariana and Jude are trying to determine where to hold their wedding. 舉行婚禮的地點

criticize（v.）批評；責怪

Milo criticized his teammates for their failure to win but never accepted any blame himself.

criticism（n.）

Sandra doesn’t handle criticism very well.

Professor Hansen always offers constructive criticism, so her students learn from their mistakes.

pre-determined

not set in stone

if something is set in stone, it means it is for sure or it is a certainty.

Your schedule could be set in stone. That means you cannot move anything from your schedule.

to speed up vs. slow down

a tire of ＋（n.）

you don’t wanna do it anymore

膩了

"So…."

it’s so last year.

it’s kind of an exaggeration to say this, really, to say that something is so outdated like that.

it’s so last week.

That's even a bigger exaggeration because it's not likely that something will go out of style in just the time... the period of a week.

out of this world翻譯：極好的；非常棒的

quirky bookstore

古怪的

City of Paris Museum of Modern Art巴黎現代藝術博物館

hit the spot正是所需要的；正中紅心

skinny