Unit 3Fashion Show 英语第二册 老师用书课件.ppt

Free Reading China Makes Historical Debut at  Paris Fashion Week 1 China, the world’s textile tiger, notches up a historical fashion first at the Louvre in Paris on October 1st, 2006. For the first time, one of the country’s designers takes part in the Paris Fashion Week. Not only is this a first for a Chinese designer, but Frankie Xie’ s label, Jefen, opened the 2007 Spring-Summer Paris Fashion Week. Jefen, established by designer Xie in Beijing in the year 2000, embodies both women’s elegance and dignity. And for this show he brought 参考译文 36 designs from his haute couture to the romantic fashion city. 2 Frankie Xie is famous in China, where he owns about 20 shops and was in a partnership with an Italian company four years ago. And the 46-year-old designer, who trained in fashion and textiles in Beijing and Tokyo, has adopted the sign of “The Chinese Door” for his collection, which symbolizes the opening up of his country to fashion and to the world. Among Xie’s collections, silk dresses adorned with hand painted peach tree flowers, are particularly attractive at the show. 参考译文 3 Frankie Xie said, “It’s a historical day for the Chinese fashion industry. Before, China only manufactured for fashion, now it creates fashion.” He—and presumably his Italian backers—thought it gave him an advantage as a designer in the Chinese market. “Foreign luxury brands will always appeal to the people who only want the top labels”, he said， “But where Chinese designers really have their strength is in the everyday clothes that the majority of people will wear. If you look at Japan, there are both successful foreign luxury brands and high-end and mid-priced clothes from Japanese brands. The Japanese designers understand the culture and 参考译文 lifestyle better than any designer from an outside country. In the future, China could be similar in this way, to Japan.” 4 Didier Grumbach, President of the French C