Big Changes for New York Fashion Week
紐約時尚週大變化
By Chia-Chin Ho, David Lee
【新聞關鍵字】
1. strut ：v. 很有自信的呈現，炫耀
2. break out ：phr. 擺脫
3. exotic ：adj. 異國風情的
4. sophisticated：adj. 優雅的
5. lush：adj. 華麗的
6. luxurious：adj. 精美昂貴的
7. mill：n. 紡織廠
8. tweed：n. 花呢
Models and designers are preparing to strut their stuff at New York Fashion Week, which will showcase the Fall Winter 2010 collections.
模特兒和設計師們正準備著在紐約時裝週呈現他們的作品，也就是2010年秋冬裝系列。
As a weak economy continues to cast a shadow over the $45 billion dollar fashion retail market, some designers feel it’s time to break out.
由於經濟的疲軟持續籠罩著超過450億美元的時裝零售市場，有些設計師覺得是擺脫這陰霾的時候了。
Designer Devi Kroell is known for her exotic and sophisticated styles, and for using lush fabrics for her collection.
設計師Devi Kroell她的設計風格優雅且充滿異國風情而因此出名，此外她所設計的服裝都是使用華麗的布材。
[Devi Kroell, Designer]:
“The materials are super luxurious. I mean, you have the beautiful silks that I developed with the mills in Italy, France, and beautiful tweed fabrics that I developed with English mills, so it’s really about stepping the luxury game up. This might sound a little bit strange in these economic times, but today, I think, if you really want to motivate people to buy something, it really has to be the best, and it has to be a really emotional buy, or they won’t buy."
[Devi Kroell, 設計師]:
“這些布材都非常非常的精美昂貴的。我的意思是，你擁有這些美麗的絲綢都是我分別在意大利、法國的紡織廠研製而來的，而這美麗的花呢面料是我在英國的紡織廠所開發的，所以這一切的布料材質都使作品更加精美昂貴。在目前的經濟情況下，這聽起來有點奇怪，但今天，我認為，如果你真的想鼓勵人們購買東西，它就真的必須是最好的，而且它必須讓人真的想擁有，否則他們將不會購買。“
【新聞關鍵字】
9. pack up： phr. 打包
10. iconic： adj. 有代表性的
11. dire： adj. 恐怖的、可怕的
12. trend: n. 趨勢
13. emerge： v. 浮現、出現
14. rhythm: n. 旋律
After 15 years, New York Fashion week is packing up its tents at Bryant Park and moving to Lincoln Center.
15年後，紐約時裝週從在Bryant公園搭建帳棚，搬移到林肯中心。
[Fern Mallis, Director New York Fashion Week]:
“You know, that, like everything else in the world, things change and iconic buildings come down and stadiums, you know, get destroyed and re-built in new places and so, we are fashion’s ‘Yankee Stadium’ this season."
[Fern Mallis, 紐約時裝週主任]:
“你知道的，就跟世界其他地方一樣，週遭的事物會改變，而那些具有代表性建築會逐漸沒落，就像運動場，你知道的，會被摧毀然後在新的地方重新建造，所以我們就像是這一季時尚界的’洋基球場’。”
Mallis says that despite so much dire economic news, she does see some positive trends emerging in the world of fashion.
Mallis說，儘管有這麼多負面的經濟新聞，但她確實看到了一些正面的趨勢，出現在時尚界裡。
[Fern Mallis, Director New York Fashion Week]:
“I don’t think it’s perfect but I think people have figured out a rhythm of how to do business in this kind of climate. I think it’s been an interesting learning curve for a lot of designers and a lot of companies to really focus strongly on who their customer is and not try to be all things to all people."
[Fern Mallis, New York Fashion Week的主任]:
“我不認為這是完美的，但我認為，人們已經找到了如何在這種情況下做生意的節奏感。我認為這是一個有趣的學習曲線，讓許多設計師和公司把重點強烈地放在誰才是自己的客戶，而不試圖將所有的事情推給所有的人。“
New York Fashion week is expected to bring over $200 million in visitor spending to the city.
此次紐約時裝週，參訪者在紐約的消費預計帶來超過 2億美元的收入。
本新聞影音出處：新唐人電視台英語新聞
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_na/2010-02-10/087209977669.html
