16 Complete the text with the correct form of the words given. The most amazing fashions are on display every year on the French Riviera, at the Cannes Film Festival.
And this year seems 1 (be) no different, with Hollywood celebrities in wonderful dresses2 (inspire) by the sea.
These have a dramatic fish-tail shape, which is tight around the waist and hips, but then gets3 (wide) from the knee and finishes with an 4 (elegance) long, flowing train, similar to a wedding dress.
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.
However, the style was at its most popular during the 1950s, when it became the design that stars like Marilyn Monroe chose when they felt like 7 (show off) their curves.
Then, at the Golden Globes film ceremony in January this year, it seemed 8 (be) making a comeback. Now, with every big-name designer expected 9 (have) one in their collection, they are the look of the year.
‘At last, women are refusing 10 (wear) pencil-thin dresses, and currently we 11 (see) the welcome return of a more womanly shape in Hollywood,’ says fashion expert Clare Adams. ‘Recent fashions have reflected women’s changing attitudes, and designers are producing dresses which celebrate curves such as the 12 (style) fish-tail dresses we’ve seen here in Cannes this year.’
