Question

6 Complete the text with the correct form of the words given.
Some of the most 1____________ (elegance) fashions are on display every year on the French Riviera, at the Cannes Film Festival. And this year is no different. Right now, Hollywood celebrities 2____________ (wear) beautiful dresses inspired by the sea.
These have a dramatic fish-tail shape, which is tight around the waist and hips, but then gets wider from the knee and finishes with a beautiful, long, flowing train, similar to a wedding dress. These fish-tail style dresses, which were first popular during the Hollywood golden era, seemed 3____________ (be) making a comeback at the Golden Globes film ceremony in January, when many actresses decided 4____________ (choose) the style.
The style is quite 5____________ (fashion) as it dates back to the late nineteenth century, when a British designer made dresses with an 6____________ (conventional) shape, which touched the top of the feet at the front and flowed along the ground at the back. During the 1950s, it became the design that stars like Marilyn Monroe enjoyed 7____________ (show off) their curves in.
‘After years of women being expected 8____________ (fit) into pencil-thin dresses, a more womanly shape is returning in Hollywood,’ says fashion expert Clare Adams. ‘Currently, fashion 9____________ (react) to today’s changing attitudes with dresses such as the 10____________ (style) fish-tail design we see this year in Cannes.

Answer 1

1) elegant
2) are wearing
3) to be
4)to choose
5)old-fashioned
6)unconventional
7)showing-off
8) to fit
9) is reacting
10)stylish