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  • Neil: Hello. Welcome to 6 Minute English,

  • I'm Neil.

  • Rob: And I'm Rob.

  • Neil: Rob, it's good to see you keeping up

  • with fashion by wearing

  • the high-vis jacket

  • - although I have to say it is a bit dazzling.

  • Rob: Neil, I'm no fashion victim - this high-vis

  • or high-visibility jacket is for safety. I

  • wear it when I'm cycling around London

  • and I've just forgotten to take it off.

  • Neil: And a fashion victim, by the way, is

  • someone who always wears

  • what's thought to

  • be fashionable, even if it doesn't actually

  • look good on them. But wearing

  • high-vis clothing

  • has become the latest fashion statement

  • - that's something you wear to attract

  • attention and people who

  • know something about fashion.

  • Rob: Well, I can assure you, I don't wear

  • my bright jacket to look cool but in today's

  • programme we'll be discussing why some

  • people do. But first Neil, have you got

  • a question for us to think about?

  • Neil: OK, we know that fashions come

  • and go but in which decade were leg

  • warmers worn as a popular

  • fashion accessory? Was it... a) the 1970s,

  • b) the 1980s or c) the 1990s?

  • Rob: I do remember these so I'll say

  • b) the 1980s.

  • Neil: Well, we'll reveal the answer at the

  • end of the programme. Now let's talk more

  • about the oddest item of clothing to hit

  • the catwalk this year - the

  • humble hi-vis jacket.

  • Rob: Yes, they were designed to be worn for

  • safety by people like cyclists and

  • pedestrians and by workers

  • who need to be seen if, for example,

  • they're working in the road or directing

  • traffic. So it's strange to think that now

  • people choose to wear them to be on-trend

  • - that's following the latest fashion.

  • Neil: Hannah Marriott is the Fashion Editor

  • of the Guardian newspaper. She told the

  • BBC Radio 4 programme You and Yours,

  • why she thought people were turning to

  • bright, luminous clothing.

  • What was the reason?

  • Hannah Marriott: There's also just a trend

  • at the moment for people wearing very

  • bright things, very eye-catching things, it

  • feels that with social media, you know,

  • everyone's scrolling down their Instagram

  • screens at such speed and anything that

  • sort of catches the eye, that seems yeah,

  • like a bit of a talking point, something

  • that's going to get a bit of attention -

  • those kind of trends are getting a bit more

  • traction at the moment - than the sort of

  • understated cashmere jumper kind of fashion.

  • Rob: So her reason is social media. In our

  • fast-paced lives, we're quickly scrolling

  • through our social media feeds and

  • people want to stand out, attract our

  • attention and be noticed.

  • Neil: And these attention-seekers need to

  • wear some eye-catching - something that will

  • catch your eye and be noticed. High-vis

  • clothing certainly does that!

  • Rob: Hannah mentioned that wearing

  • something different creates a talking

  • point - something that you or I may

  • discuss at work or on social media - even

  • if it is to say "that guys looks ridiculous"!

  • And she also mentions that people are

  • becoming interested in and accepting

  • these kinds of trends - the word

  • she used was traction.

  • Neil: Traction here means this fashion

  • trend is starting to stick. Of course

  • fashion comes at a price. While an

  • ordinary high-vis vest used for workwear

  • is normally affordable, when they're sold

  • as a fashion item they can go for much

  • higher prices, particularly if they have a

  • designer label showing on the front.

  • Rob: This raises an important question.

  • We know that many people wearing high-vis

  • jackets are doing important jobs, so does

  • this fashion devalue what they're doing?

  • Neil: Yes, it's something Hannah Marriott

  • talked about. Let's hear from her again.

  • What word does she use to describe

  • a difficult issue?

  • Hannah Marriott: Every time fashion

  • borrows from workwear, there're always

  • some sort of thorny issues around it -

  • particularly when you're charging £2000

  • for something that is actually very similar

  • to, you know, a uniform that somebody

  • might be wearing who doesn't actually

  • make that much money, you know, there's

  • obviously some thorny class issues there.

  • Neil: So she used the word thorny to

  • describe the issue of things worn at work

  • becoming expensive fashion items.

  • Thorny issues are subjects that are

  • difficult deal with. Here she

  • particularly mentioned the issue of class

  • - so different groups of people in society

  • in different economic positions - some

  • can afford clothing for fashion, others can

  • only afford clothing for work.

  • Rob: And the other issue is that if

  • everyone starts wearing high-vis clothing,

  • then the people who need to stand out for

  • their own safety may not stand out as easily.

  • Neil: And we wouldn't want to miss you

  • when you're out cycling on your bike, Rob.

  • But would we miss you if you were

  • wearing a pair of leg warmers? Earlier I

  • asked in which decade were leg warmers

  • worn as a popular fashion accessory.

  • Was it... a) the 1970s, b) the

  • 1980s or c) the 1990s?

  • Rob: Yes, and I said b) the 1980s.

  • It's got to be right!

  • Neil: Well, you know your fashion, Rob - it

  • was indeed the 1980s. Leg warmers were

  • originally worn by dancers to keep

  • their muscles from cramping after

  • stretching, but in the early 1980s

  • they became fashionable

  • for teenage girls to wear.

  • Rob: OK, let's move on and recap on some

  • of the vocabulary we've mentioned today.

  • Starting with fashion victim - that's

  • someone who always wears what's

  • thought to be fashionable, even

  • if it doesn't actually look good on them. Like

  • that pair of red jeans you used to wear, Neil.

  • Neil: They, Rob, were on-trend - that

  • means 'in keeping up with the latest

  • fashion'. Of course wearing something

  • red is very eye-catching which means

  • attracting attention and being noticed.

  • Rob: Next we mentioned traction.

  • If something gains traction it

  • becomes accepted and popular.

  • And then we had understated. In fashion,

  • this describes something that does not

  • attract attention and

  • is not that impressive.

  • Neil: And then we discussed the word

  • thorny. A tree or bush with thorns is

  • difficult to touch and handle and similarly

  • a thorny issue is a subject that is difficult

  • to deal with and discuss.

  • Rob: Well, we've covered some thorny and

  • less thorny issues today but we know that

  • fashions change and maybe high-vis

  • fashion won't be here forever.

  • Neil: That's it for now but please join us

  • next time for 6 Minute English.

  • See you soon. Goodbye.

  • Rob: Bye bye!

Neil: Hello. Welcome to 6 Minute English,

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