Clothes and Fashion
Across
- 4. a piece of women’s underwear, fitting the body tightly, worn especially in the past to make the middle part look smaller
- 7. a plant grown in warm countries for the soft white hairs around its seeds that are used to make cloth and thread
- 8. the attractive and exciting quality that makes a person, a job or a place seem special, often because of wealth or status
- 9. material made by weaving or knitting cotton, wool, silk, etc.
- 11. a fashion for something
- 13. a piece of clothing that covers the head, worn in public by some Muslim women
- 16. the flat edge around the bottom of a hat that sticks out
- 17. a piece of artificial hair that is worn on the head, for example to hide the fact that a person is bald, to cover somebody’s own hair, or by a judge and some other lawyers in some courts of law
- 18. a type of strong cotton cloth that is usually blue and is used for making clothes, especially jeans
- 19. a narrow piece of material, used to tie things or for decoration
- 21. a thing that you use to fasten clothes, bags, etc.
- 24. the long stage that models walk on during a fashion show
- 25. not securely fixed where it should be; able to become separated from something
- 27. a loose outer piece of clothing that has no sleeves (= parts covering the arms), fastens at the neck and hangs from the shoulders, like a cloak but shorter
- 28. a particular design of something, especially clothes
- 29. the design and production of expensive and fashionable clothes; these clothes
- 30. the clothes worn by people from a particular place or during a particular historical period
- 31. a type of cloth made from silk, cotton or nylon, with a thick, soft surface
- 33. very correct and suitable for official or important occasions
- 34. (especially of a person or their clothes) attractive
Down
- 1. a small piece of glass, wood, etc., with a hole through it, that can be put on a string with others of the same type and worn as jewellery, etc.
- 2. the soft hair that covers the body of sheep and some other animals
- 3. a type of hard hat that protects the head
- 4. a unit for measuring the weight of diamonds and other precious stones, equal to 200 milligrams
- 5. a hat tied with strings under the chin, worn by babies and, especially in the past, by women
- 6. the part around the neck of a shirt, jacket or coat that usually folds down
- 10. something that you wear or use to change your appearance so that people do not recognize you
- 12. a piece of clothing
- 14. a small piece of metal or plastic, with a design or words on it, that a person wears or carries to show that they belong to an organization, support something, have achieved something, have a particular rank, etc.
- 15. the special set of clothes worn by all members of an organization or a group at work, or by children at school
- 16. a piece of brightly coloured cloth worn around the neck or head
- 20. a type of fine smooth cloth
- 22. an extra piece of equipment that is useful but not essential or that can be added to something else as a decoration
- 23. a permanent fold in a piece of cloth, made by sewing the top or side of the fold
- 26. a narrow piece of material, used to tie things or for decoration
- 29. very fashionable and attractive
- 30. the lower end of a coat or shirt sleeve at the wrist
- 32. held or fixed in position securely; difficult to move, open or separate