The Surprising Histories of Everyday Clothes: Jeans to Heels

Jeans, a white T-shirt, a folded trench coat, a wristwatch and heeled shoes arranged on a sunlit wooden table

Level: B2 Reading | Vocabulary | Activities | Speed Challenge | Questions | AI Prompts | Discussion | Language Focus | Resources Printable: Student handout (PDF) | Teacher’s key (PDF) Reading Most of us dress without thinking about where our clothes came from. Yet many everyday items originate in surprising places, including army camps, battlefields, … Read more

How Fashion Trends Become Trends: Who Really Decides?

A designer's hand pinning a fabric swatch to a color board in a bright studio, with a phone showing a video feed

Level: B2 Reading | Vocabulary | Activities | Speed Challenge | Questions | AI Prompts | Discussion | Language Focus | Resources Printable: Student handout (PDF) | Teacher’s key (PDF) Reading Why do shops in different countries sell similar colors and shapes in the same season? Part of the answer is an industry that sells … Read more

Fashion Trends for Fall/Winter 2026-27: What Reports Say

A woman putting on a camel coat with a shearling collar in a sunny shop, with red, purple, and green coats on a rail

Level: B2 Reading | Vocabulary | Activities | Speed Challenge | Questions | AI Prompts | Discussion | Language Focus | Resources Printable: Student handout (PDF) | Teacher’s key (PDF) Reading Every season, magazines and websites announce what people will wear next. The clothes in this lesson appeared on runways in New York, London, Milan, … Read more