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1. | GW. Read and find the correct answer. Say reusing clothes is important.

The text is about designers who...
a) save energy at their fashion shows.
b) never throw away clothes.
c) make clothes from recycled materials.

A. People from all over the world come to London Fashion Week. This year, one fashion show at the Science Museum is different. Models walk down the catwalk* to loud music and photographers take hundreds of photos. But that happens in every show, so what’s different? The answer is, of course, the clothes.

B. All the models are wearing clothes made from reused materials which usually end up in our rubbish bins. For example, one model is wearing a hat and jewellery made from old CDs, another is wearing a jacket made from firemen’s old trousers and another is wearing a pair of shoes created from car seats.

C. The show is from five “eco-designers” who have new collections. They want to make clothes, but not to create waste. These designers recycle and reuse old materials to create their new styles.

D. The designers are all worried about the impact of clothes on the environment. “We are seeing a culture where people are buying clothes, then throwing them away,” says one of the designers. “We need to recycle much more.”

E. Every year in the UK, people throw away two billion kilograms of clothes, which often come from cheap fashion shops. This creates too much rubbish for councils and it’s sometimes difficult to recycle the materials.

London is an important fashion capital city. The London Fashion Week is held every year. The Fashion Show is open to journalists and public.It is an important business event.

2. | PW. Search the Internet and find facts of reusing clothes in Azerbaijan and share them with the class.

*catwalk - a platform extending into an auditorium, along which models
walk to display clothes in fashion shows.