Text A. Valentin Yudashkin

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Education of Queen Elizabeth I

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Princess Elizabeth was an extremely bright child and a great deal of attention was paid to her education. Many of her tutors were the brightest minds from Cambridge University. Her first tutor was her governess Kat Ashley. Kat was extremely well educated and would have taught Elizabeth grammar and the English language. Elizabeth's love of learning enabled her to learn new subjects with great ease and enthusiasm. By the time she was five years old Elizabeth would have been expected to learn foreign languages and various subjects.

Elizabeth was taught a range of different lessons as part of a standard curriculum for the royal children. Her studies included languages, grammar, theology, history, rhetoric, logic, philosophy, arithmetic, logic, literature, geometry, and music. She was also taught religious studies. Great attention was given to the study of languages.

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Topic 7. FAMOUS COLLEGE LEAVERS (ЗНАМАНИТЫЕ ВЫПУСКНИКИ КОЛЛЕДЖА)

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Valentin Yudashkin, the leaver of our college is a celebrity both at home and abroad. He is the first Russian designer to be accepted to the Paris Fashion Syndicate.

Valentin Yudashkin entered the Third Moscow Industrial and Pedagogical College (the name of our college before 1996), the department of hairdressing in 1983. But at the end of this year he was taken to the Army. He came back to studies only in two years. When studying at college Valentin has shown himself to be a very talented hairdressing student.

Fashion House “Valentin Yudashkin”

The activities of Valentin Yudashkin do not need any special presentation. Since the early nineties his name has been widely known both in Russia and abroad. Today the Fashion House of Valentin Yudashkin starts new lines of business almost every year: jewellery, table silver, china, male and female casual look underwear, sun glasses. Manufacturers of ready-made clothes and its components are scattered all over Europe, so high flexibility, efficient organization of manufacturing processes are key factors in the success of Mr. Yudashkin’s business.

Today the Fashion House “Valentin Yudashkin” has 250 employees, representative offices in the USA and a show-room in Italy. It is developing a network of boutiques and departments in many Russian and foreign cities and arranging shows of seasonal collections in Paris and Milan. Cinema, theatre and variety stars, representatives of political and business elite are among constant clients of the House.

Not only an artistic talent and unique design, but also insights into the specific character of the industry are the important factors of success in this business. Artists should be able to foresee various tendencies in the world of fashion, promptly renew their products and try to be trendsetters.

Jeans clothes under the trademark “Yudashkin Jeans Collection” has been made at the request of the Italian Fashion House since 1997. Collections of jeans clothes as well as prêt-á-porter clothes are renewed once every six months. They normally include not only jeans classics, but also trendy jeans models for youth made of the newest technical materials. The jeans collection of Valentin Yudashkin is famous for its elaborated patterns. The work of designers resulted in the ideally tailored jeans for any figure.

As to unique dresses hand-made on the basis of the couturier’s sketches using exclusive fabrics and furs decorated with embroidery, many of them are sold out even before their first-night show. The main principle of the Fashion House, providing for its stable prosperity is the high quality of goods.

Valentin Yudashkin made Russian fashion popular and recognizable in the whole world, having harmoniously combined art with successful entrepreneur activities.

scatter – разбрасывать

insight – понимание, интуиция

promptly – быстро

elaborated patterns – тщательно разработанные лекала

prosperity – процветание

entrepreneur activities – предпринимательство

all i ance – союз, сочетание

substantial – существенный, значительный

share – доля, часть

2. Complete the phrases:

1. Today the Fashion House of Valentin Yudashkin starts new lines of business almost every year: jewellery, …. 2. Constant clients of the House“ Valentin Yudashkin” are …. 3. The important factors of his success are …. 4. Collections of jeans clothes are renewed once …. 5. The jeans collection of Valentin Yudashkin is famous for... 6. The main principle of the Fashion House is ….

3. Make the essay “Valentin Yudashkin is our famous leaver”.

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