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Vocabulary.
Wax: the material from which the candles are made.
• Waistcoast: a man’s body garment, often quilted and embroidered and having sleeves, worn under the doublet in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Silk: a fine, strong, soft lustrous fibre produced by silkworms in making cocoons.
Cocoon: something that envelops someone in a protective or comforting way.
Ribbon: a long, narrow strip of fabric, used for tying something or for decoration.
Scale: each of the small overlapping horny or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles
Underwear: clothing worn under other clothes next to the skin.
Facts of fashion
In a recent survey, one in ten Americans admitted that they bought an outfit with the intention of wearing it just the once and then returning it to the shop.
Married men in France use more cosmetics than their wives
Most lipsticks contains fish scales.
In the 18th century, it was considered the height of fashion to wear false eyebrows made out of mouse skin.