The Name Game

Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
You are on page 1of 18

THE NAME

THE NAME
GAME
GAME
CAN ANYONE FAMOUS BE A DESIGNER?
MELISSA VENTOSA MARTIN, FASHION DIRECTOR
OF DEPARTURES
These collaborations
are also a tremendous
vehicle to shine a light
on smaller, more
artisanal designers
and artists that may
not have the means to
reach a certain
consumer
JULIAN DAYNOV, VP OF BRAND AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGY
AT AN INTERNATIONAL BRAND CONSULTING COMPANY

“From a pure retail-driven


point of view, collabs are
great for our industry.
They generate traffic into
our stores, attract new
customers and let us be
part of that “buzz” and
“drop” and “hype”
culture, defined by
limitation of products,
queuing, and even pre-
paying for goods
Customers get the
‘hype wave’
generated by a
particular
collaboration and
make their way to
the stores of the
brand in question,
where they often
get main-line
pieces,
SYPNOPSIS
• This article provides a breakdown of how products is endorsed by famous
celebrities.
• It describe how famous actors, actresses, models, and sport athletes become
involved in either promoting a product or launching their own lines.
• The writer argues that a prerequisite is that they have to have substantial
amount of followers.
• The author concludes that some retailers believe that a famous name is just a
scheme to generate hyperbole and it doesn’t necessarily translate to good
reception.
The article points out that despite
generating great publicity, retailers remain
skeptic about the profitability of celebrities
line of products s
COMPREHENSION WORK

1. NM
2. F
3. T
4. F
5. T
6. NM
7. F
8. NM
VOCABULARY WORK
1. Raunchy 5. Discerning
2. Lucrative 6. Delicate
3. Genuine 7. Skeptical
4. Fashionable 8. Designer
OH YEAH, I HEARD THIS
ONE ALOTS?
THEY ARE VERY WISE ?
I THINK THEY ARE
SMARTER THAN ME!
1B.
1. Lucrative
2. Genuine
3. Delicate
4. Designer
2. WHY DO THEY KNOW
THESE WORDS?
SERIOUSLY! WHY?
OK FINE!
ENRICHING YOUR VOCAB
Demography: điều tra dân số
• The demographic of female executives accounted for more
than 30% of the total number of women working in the
hospitality sector.
Ingenuous: naive
• Some minors are quite ingenuous to the enticement of gangs.
Philanthropic: từ thiện
• The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is one of the largest
philanthropic organizations in the world.
Recant: to no longer holds a belief
• I heard that after tasting some of the Vietnamese dishes, many foreigners had to recant their
statements about how bland simple Vietnamese cuisine is.
Soporific: inducing sleep.
• I remember that my course was actually not that great, some of the lecturers there gave
extremely dull and soporific lectures with little attention to the students’ engagement.
Garrulous: talkative
• Despite being very quiet and seemingly distant in class, he is a very garrulous person when it
comes to programming – his main interest.
Tyranny: Độc tài
• Many people prefer democracy to a tyranny because a democracy often foster autonomy and
change.
Indict: to accuse or charge someone with crime
• People who dump toxic chemical waste to the river should be indicted with heavy penalty to
set a good example.
• Juvenile delinquents should be indicted.
Lament: than thở
• The school has been lamenting the decline of students
participations due to the spread of recent pandemic called Covid-
19.
Ambivalent: thờ ơ
• Some countries still remain ambivalent toward the spread of Covid-
19.
Incessant: nonstop
• Despite the incessant number of people infected by novel virus, the
government still remains ambivalent about the issues.

You might also like