Icons of fashion -reading comprehension

Origins

100

This military branch first used T-shirts as underwear.

American Navy

200

This war saw the first use of leather jackets by fighter pilots.

First World War

300

This French city gave its name to the fabric used for jeans.

Nîmes

Fashion Evolution

100

In this decade, T-shirts became unisex and often featured band logos and political slogans.

The 1970s.

200

This American company designed the first leather motorcycle jacket with a zip in 1928.

Schott

300

These two professions were the first to commonly wear blue jeans.

Manual workers and cowboys.

Famous Wearers

100

This famous actor wore a white T-shirt and leather jacket in films of the 1950s, helping to make them iconic.

Marlon Brando

200

This rock band, known for their leather jackets, helped popularise the garment in the 1960s and 1970s.

The Ramones

300

This businessman, despite creating the modern blue jean, never wore a pair himself.

Levi Strauss

Fashion Facts

100

The 'T' in T-shirt refers to this characteristic of the garment.

Its shape.

200

This historical event in 1849 led to the development of blue jeans as we know them today.

The Californian Gold Rush

300

In French, this term for blue jeans literally means "blue of Genoa"

"blue of Genoa"