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A la moda

Do you love keeping up with the latest trends? Or do you prefer choosing sustainable clothing that helps protect the planet? However you define your style, this week’s newsletter is all about fashion and the many choices we have when it comes to what we wear.

You’ll find a fun riddle to solve and share your answer on the blog, an engaging bilingual text about modern fashion trends and a fill-in-the-blanks activity about a very famous Hispanic designer.

Ready to explore fashion in Spanish?

Spanish Vocab Boost

 Riddle Edition: Fashion Vocab Challenge

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Ready for a fashion challenge? Put your Spanish skills to the test with this fun riddle!

Read each clue carefully and see if you can guess which fashion item is being described. Let us know in the comments section through our blog page! Who is going to be the first to guess?

Here are two very useful vocabulary lists with everything you need in the context of fashion and a fun word game at the bottom of the lists.

A1 / A2 Fashion Items Vocabulary

B1 Fashion Terms

Read along with us

 Bilingual text with audio

young people wearing nice cotton clothes

Discover how modern style is embracing sustainability, minimalist design and smart technology, as consumers move away from fast trends with our bilingual text.

B2  Tendencias prácticas en la vida moderna

Remember we have lots of free reading activities.

Mind the Gap “___”

Possessive Adjectives

a model with a beautiful dress

Learn how someone loves this fahion Latin American icon style while you practise possessive adjectives.

A1  Óscar de la Renta

After this, discover all our fill-in-the-blanks activities for extra practice.

Hurray for Weekend Workout Friday!

Special treat for Premium subscribers

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Friday is Weekend Workout day – a special treat just for our Premium subscribers , with fresh dictations and writing challenges to boost your listening and writing skills.

This week’s theme is Fashion.

Here’s a writing challenge for our free users: My name is Danny (level A1)

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¡Nos vemos la semana que viene! 👋

Author info

Inma Sánchez

After working in the travel industry for ten years in Seville, Inma moved to the UK to give a little twist to her life. Since then she's been teaching Spanish as a foreign language to adults for over 15 years in different settings, private lessons, secondary schools and online. Inma is a coffee lover and also loves exploring new places with her family in beautiful Warwickshire, where she lives.

Comments: 6

Parece algĂşn tipo de bolso: bolso de mano, bolso de hombro, bolso de mano sin asas como cartera grande.

Hola Garry
Sí, efectivamente, un bolso o una cartera. ¡Muy bien!
Eres el primero en adivinar.
Saludos
Inma

Claro que eres un bolso, o una cartera, obviamente.

¡Bravo Alice! Exactamente, es un bolso o una cartera.
Excelente.
Saludos

Riddle answer: pocketbook

Hola Rosemary
Good job! Yes, “pocketbook” (meaning purse) matches “bolso.” - ¡Estupendo!