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6 New English From BBCLearningEnglish.com Hello, welcome to Six Minute English, I'm Neil.
And I'm Rob.
Rob, it's good to see you keeping up with fashion by wearing the high-vis jacket,
although I have to say it is a bit dazzling.
Neil, I'm no fashion victim.
This high-vis or high-visibility jacket is for safety.
I wear it when I'm cycling around London and I've just forgotten to take it off.
And a fashion victim, by the way, is someone who always wears what's thought to be fashionable,
even if it doesn't actually look good on them.
But wearing high-vis clothing has become the latest fashion statement that's something you wear to attract attention and people who know something about fashion.
Well, I can assure you I don't wear my bright jacket to look cool,
but in today's programme we'll be discussing why some people do.
But first Neil, have you got a question for us to think about?
OK, we know that fashions come and go,
but in which decade were leg warmers worn as a popular fashion accessory?
Was it A, the 1970s, B, the 1980s, or C, the 1990s?
I do remember these, so I'll say B, the 1980s.
Well, we'll reveal the answer at the end of the programme.