Fashion: Why I dress as a Regency gentleman

« ORAL COMPREHENSION “Why I dress as a Regency gentleman ” A - Suppositions - Imagine which theme it is about .

Fashion - Make 3 suppositions about this document ( before watching it): 1) Old fashioned man . 2) Fashion brand. 3) Unusual dress-style. B - The document itself Watch the do cu me n t on the foll owi ng link: h t t p s :/ / ww w.

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c o m / w a t c h ? v=b01S7EBQztk - Give as many details on the man as possible and organize them into a coherent paragraph . Zack McLeod Pinsent is a 25 years old British gentleman who does not owe any modern clothes and enjoys wearing historical clothes since he was 14.

He feels confident dressing that way so he learns how to make his own clothes, as he runs a business making clothes from 1660’s to 1920’s specially Georgian and Regency period for both women and men.

- What does he think of his clothes? Why does this man wear these clothes? Zack thinks that wearing these clothes bring an important social history alive and they represent his personality, also he feels much more confident and happy in them as they are cooler than all the modern fashion. - What do people think of his clothes? Most of the time people think that it is a strange style of fashion and little bit odd but very interesting at the same time.

Zack got a lot of fans of his work and clients who like to get their clothes from him which make them so happy and give them self-confidence. - In one sentence, what is the Regency period? Give 2 adjectives for this period. Have a look at http://www.rth.org.uk/regency-period .

The Regency is the period from 1811 to 1820 when George, the British Prince of Wales, governed the country as ‘Regent’ during the madness of his father George III, which is a great and glorious epoch in British history.

C - Your opinion - What do you think of his fashion style? Would you be able to do the same? Justify. I think that Zack’s fashion style is so cool and elegant, and I really appreciate that he wears whatever he wants regardless of what people might think of him as long as he is happy, confident and comfortable, besides it is a form of self-expression and a way to conserve his culture and traditions. In my opinion it is so important that a person dresses however he/she likes, for example I would love to wear a princes dresses since I was a little girl it was my wish, and I was doing it specially in occasions and parties, I remember that it made me so happy.

But unfortantlly I can’t dress like that in daily life because it is not really convenient for work or other activities, still I would happily dress like that in special occasions.. »