Casual Fridays

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Casual Friday Becomes Casual Every Day
(LSJ.com, 2013)
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/VideoNetwork/2545163110001/Casual-Friday-becoming-casual-every-day
Here’s a thought: does casual dress equal casual attitudes? I mean really, can you even take me seriously
when I look like this? And this looks good compared to some people out there.
Casual Fridays has become “casual every days.” Come as you are has gone a little bit too far.
Sometimes I don’t know if I’m at church or in a club.
Glynis Bell is the founder of “Dress for Success Winston-Salem.” Her team helps underprivileged
women look their best for job interviews. Glynis also has a passion for fashion.
I think it has less to do with the economy and more to do with our attitudes. I think dressing up is a lost
art and I don’t exactly know how to get back to that.
This is just not something you see anymore: a grocery-store manager in Winston-Salem. The year: 1964.
The dress? Slacks and a tie underneath his apron. Look at these office workers in the 60’s – all the ladies
in dresses and closed-toe shoes: classy and stylish! Or men at Winston-Salem City Hall in 1947 at a
conference: suits, bow ties, hats!
People wore a full suit; they wore a tie; they wore dresses and women wore pantyhose. They wore hats
and gloves, and they weren’t considered dressed completely without those items.
Fast forward -- Fifty years: this is how city workers in Winston-Salem are dressed: jeans, sandals, flipflops, khakis. The man in a suit and a woman in a dress are the minority, by far.
Now another piece of advice that Glynis had for me: two things. She said that you need a full-length
mirror and you need a good friend to tell you when you’re wearing something. And to this day, Julie, I
will still send my Mom a picture of myself and say, “Is this OK?”
Like, Mom, thumbs up or thumbs down?
Yes, and you would tell me?
Yes, and you would tell me as well, right?
I would.
You know what? You came across a class over at Notre Dame talking about a nation of slobs? That’s
what it was called?
Yes, it’s actually called “A Nation of Slobs,” and really the professor is trying to teach this class to show
the art of dressing up, and I mean years ago proper dress was actually taught from first grade on, so this
professor is kinda trying to revive that.
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Vocabulary
01. casual Friday
02. casual dress
03. in a club
04. underpriviliged women
05. to look their best
06. it has less to do, more to do
07. dressing up
08. how to get back to that
09. grocery store
10. the dress
11. slacks
12. a tie underneath his apron
13. in dresses
14. closed-toe shoes
15. stylish
16. suits
17. bow ties
18. a full suit
19. pantyhose
20. gloves
21. without those items
22. fast forward
23. flip-flops
24. by far
25. another piece of advice
26. a full-length mirror
27. and to this day
28. like .. thumbs up or thumbs down
29. as well
30. to come across
31. a nation of slobs
32. from first grade on
33. is kinda trying
le vendredi décontracté
tenue décontractée
en boîte
défavorisées
être à leur avantage / paraître le mieux possible
cela a moins à voir avec…, plus à voir avec…
se mettre sur son trente et un
comment retrouver cela
épicerie
la tenue
un pantalon
une cravate sous son tablier
en robes
des chaussures fermées (toe = orteil)
élégant, chic
des costumes
des noeuds papillon
un costume complet
des collants
des gants
sans ces articles
avance rapide
des tongs
de loin
un autre conseil
un grand miroir
encore aujourd’hui
donc … OK ou pas OK? (lit.“pouce en haut ou
pouce en bas”)
également
croiser, trouver par hasard
une nation de mal habillés (dans le contexte)
à partir du CP
(= is kind of) essaie en quelque sorte
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Casual Friday Becomes Casual Every Day
(LSJ.com 2013)
Exercise: fill in the blanks with the correct words
Here’s a thought: does _c_________d_____________ equal casual attitudes? I mean really, can you even
une tenue décontractée
take me seriously when I look like this? And this looks good compared to some people out there.
Casual Fridays has become “casual every days.” Come as you are has gone a little bit too far.
Sometimes I don’t know if I’m at church or in a _c______________.
boîte
Glynis Bell is the founder of “Dress for Success Winston-Salem.”
Her team helps
_u______________________ women _l_________t_______b_________ for job interviews. Glynis also
défavorisées
être à leur avantage / paraître le mieux possible
has a passion for fashion.
I think it _h_______l_______t_______d____________ with the economy and _m______t____d______
cela a moins à voir
plus à voir
with our attitudes. I think _d______________u____ is a lost art and I don’t exactly know how to
se mettre sur son trente et un
_g________b________ to that.
retrouver / revenir à
This is just not something you see anymore: a _g__________s__________ manager in Winston(d’une) épicerie
Salem. The year: 1964.
The _d_____________? _S___________ and a _t_____u_______________h_______a________.
tenue
un pantalon
une cravate sous son tablier
Look at these office workers in the 60’s – all the ladies in _d___________ and _c_________-t_________
robes
fermées
shoes: classy and _s___________! Or men at Winston-Salem City Hall in 1947 at a conference:
élégant, chic
suits, _b_________t________, hats!
nœuds papillon
People wore a full suit; they wore a tie; they wore dresses and women wore _p_________________.
collants
They wore hats and _g_______________, and they weren’t considered dressed completely
des gants
_w___________t__________i_______.
sans ces articles
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Fast forward -- Fifty years: this is how city workers in Winston-Salem are dressed: jeans, sandals,
_f_______-f_______, khakis. The man in a suit and a woman in a dress are the minority, _b____f____.
des tongs
de loin
Now _a___________p______of_a_______________ that Glynis had for me: two things. She said that
un autre conseil
you need a _f________-l__________m___________ and you need a good friend to tell you when you’re
grand miroir
wearing something. And to this day, Julie, I will still send my Mom a picture of myself and say, “Is this
OK?”
Like, Mom, _t__________u____or_t___________d___________?
OK ou pas OK
Yes, and you would tell me?
Yes, and you would tell me _a_______w_______, right?
également
I would.
You know what? You _c___________a_____________ a class over at Notre Dame talking about a
avez trouvé par hasard
nation of _s______________? That’s what it was called?
mal habillés
Yes, it’s actually called “A Nation of Slobs,” and really the professor is trying to teach this class to show
the art of dressing up, and I mean years ago proper dress was actually taught
_f_________f_________g_______u____, so this professor is kinda trying to revive that.
à partir du CP