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Season 1 · Episode 3
A Rival to Balenciaga
B2Castilian50 minon Hulu
CastilianBalenciaga vs Dior: The king of haute couture in Paris feels challenged by Dior's “New Look.”
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colección
collection (fashion)noun (f)La colección de primavera estuvo inspirada en los jardines japoneses.The spring collection was inspired by Japanese gardens.clienta
client, customer (female)noun (f)La clienta llegó a la prueba con veinte minutos de retraso.The client arrived at the fitting twenty minutes late.alta costura
haute couture, high fashionnoun phrase (f)Pocos talleres en el mundo practican todavía la alta costura tradicional.Few workshops in the world still practise traditional haute couture.desfile
fashion show, runway shownoun (m)Cientos de personas se agolparon a las puertas del desfile.Hundreds of people crowded at the doors of the fashion show.tela
fabric, clothnoun (f)Eligió una tela ligera para el vestido de verano.She chose a light fabric for the summer dress.modisto
fashion designer (male), couturiernoun (m)El modisto presentó su nueva colección en el Grand Palais.The fashion designer presented his new collection at the Grand Palais.silueta
silhouette, figurenoun (f)El nuevo corte alargaba la silueta de forma elegante.The new cut lengthened the silhouette elegantly.dar sopas con honda
to run rings around someone, to beat someone hands downexpressioncolloquialA fixed idiomatic phrase expressing decisive superiority. The image of 'giving soup with a sling' is completely opaque and has no parallel in English.
En matemáticas, María le da sopas con honda a todos sus compañeros.In maths, María runs rings around all her classmates.dejar en la estacada
to leave someone in the lurch, to abandon someone in a difficult situationexpressioncolloquialDerived from the image of leaving a soldier behind a palisade in battle. Fully fixed; the literal words give no clue to the meaning.
Se fue de viaje y nos dejó en la estacada justo antes del plazo.She went on a trip and left us in the lurch right before the deadline.estar de chiripa
to be a fluke, to succeed by sheer luckexpressioncolloquialChiripa on its own means a stroke of luck. The phrase 'de chiripa' or 'estar de chiripa' signals that a success is undeserved or accidental rather than earned.
Aprobó el examen de chiripa porque acertó todas las preguntas al azar.He passed the exam by pure luck because he guessed all the answers randomly.
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