Vocabulaire fashion

Vocabulaire fashion :

Amid transport chaos, Paris men's fashion shows get underway

PARIS (AP) — Acrid exhaust fumes and the beeping of car horns contrasted with perfumed interiors and the soft rustle of luxuriant fabrics, as Paris Fashion Week got underway in the public transport strike-hit French capital. The disruption — owing to a nationwide protest against pension reform — has already claimed its first catwalk victims, with at least one house cancelling its show due to problems delivering materials.

Wednesday was the French capital's 42nd straight day of public transport strikes that have wreaked havoc on business and tourism. Now high fashion will bear the brunt — an industry that puts on multiple daily collections all over the City of Light during the four-times-a-year fashion week.

It was all too much for at least one designer, Christophe Josse, who cancelled his Paris Fashion Week show because of the strikes.

In a statement, Josse said he was unable to present his collection during next week's couture calendar because the strikes had disrupted fashion suppliers.

The fashion federation in Paris has, meanwhile, doubled the number of buses transporting journalists to and from shows to guarantee coverage as models and editors crisscross the city.

get underway

horns

strike-hit

owing to

pension

claimed

catwalk

at least
fabrics
materials
straight
wreaked havoc

will bear the brunt

puts on

four-times-a-year                                                                                      

crisscross

get underway : commence
Commentaire : Verbe irrégulier: to get, got, got/gotten (US): obtenir

horns : klaxons
strike-hit : touchée par la grève
Commentaire : Verbes irréguliers : to strike, struck, struck/stricken: frapper et to hit, hit, hit: frapper

owing to : due à
pension : retraites
claimed : (ici) fait
catwalk : podiums
at least : au moins
fabrics : tissus
materials : produits
straight : d'affilée
wreaked havoc : semé la pagaille
will bear the brunt : fera les frais de
Commentaire : Verbe irrégulier: to bear, bore, borne : porter

puts on : (ici) organise
Commentaire : Verbe irrégulier: to put, put, put: mettre

four-times-a-year : quatre fois par an crisscross : sillonnent

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