20100906 Asian Fashion Passion (1)

Asian Fashion Passion

Introducing a new generation of Asian designers

Fashio followers everywhere know of Vera Wang, Issey Miyake and Vivienne Tam, Asian designers with established global brands. They aren't the only designers with Asian names anymore, though. A new generation of Asian designers is making fashion statements on runways around the world. From basements to runways: Do Ri Chung Doo Ri Chung learned determination from her hard-working parents who moved to America from Korea when Chung was four. She studied fashion at New York's Parsons School of Design and then further developed her tailoring skills under designer Geoffrey Beene.

In 2001 Chung began sewing her own designs in the basement of her parents' New Jersey dry cleaner's. Chung has since moved her collection Doo.Ri to midtown Manhattan but still fondly remembers the days spent designing in a basement. Fashion critics praise Chung for her mastery of jersey, a cotton-like, stretchy material. Whether it's a suit jacket or dress, Chung's clothing drapes beautifully and feels great. Chung's most recent venture is her new collection under.ligne, which offers a lower-priced alternative for fashion lovers.

fashion statement n. 時尚宣言

=> a clothing or something that you may wear that make statements

eg: The girls made a fashion statement by coloring their hair blonde.

=> 這些女孩把她們的頭髮染成金髮來表達她們的時尚宣言

drape n. 窗簾/皺摺

drape v. 使布料或衣服形成皺摺的狀態

eg: Hank used a ladder to drape curtains over the windows.

=> Hank 用一架梯子把窗戶裝上窗簾。

drape v. 披掛上

eg: She draped a red scarf over her coat.

=> 她披了一條紅色圍巾在她的大衣上

venture v. 具有冒險性或是風險性的投機

eg: Our company decided to go abroad for more lucrative business ventures.

=> 我們的公司決定要在海外投資更具有風險性的投資。

eg: The joint venture between the two companies involves millions of dollars.

=> 這二家公司的合資案牽涉到數百萬美元。

fashion statement n. 時尚宣言

runway n. (由舞臺延伸到觀眾席中的)延伸臺道

dry cleaner's 乾洗店

jersey n. (女子)針織緊身內衣

fondly adv. 深情地/溫柔地

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midtown Manhattan

downtown (曼哈頓)南區/市中心

uptown (曼哈頓)北區/高級的/昂貴的

midtown (曼哈頓)中區

大多數的城市只有downtown(市中心)

如果有uptown的話，指的是都市中的高級住宅區

uptown girl 富家女

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Chung has since moved her collection Doo.Ri to midtown Manhattan but still fondly remembers the days spent designing in a basement.

=> Chung used to work in New Jersey but later she moved to Manhattan and still there now

have + since

eg: Timothy graduated in 2008 and has since worked in his father's company.

eg: The director retired two years ago and has since disappeared from public attention.

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since

=> from a certain time

eg: Gina and Paula have been friends since high school.