1. upend UK /ʌpˈend/ vt. 颠倒（to turn sth. upside down）
This story upended history.这个故事颠覆了历史。
2. fashion world 时尚界
3. fashion houses 时尚品牌
house n. 品牌，公司
the house of Chanel 香奈儿品牌
the house of Dior 迪奥品牌
4. ready-to-wear clothing成衣
haute couture 高级服装定制
5. fashion weeks时装周
*四大时装周：巴黎时装周、米兰时装周、伦敦时装周、纽约时装周
6. intersect with sth.与某事相交 intersection n. 十字路口
when my dream met the reality= when my dream intersected with reality
当我的理想遇到现实
7. Sth. is not the problem.问题不在于某物
8. holdups in the supply chains供应链停滞
holdup UK /ˈhəʊldʌp/ n. 停滞
*standstill UK /ˈstændstɪl/ n. 停顿，停止
9. an organizing body组织机构
10. fashion buyer时尚买手
11. runway presentations T台秀
12. separate from…和……分开 adj.单独的；独立的；不同的
13. Sth. is down. 某物减少、下降了
14. in an effort to do sth.努力做某事（in order to do sth./trying to do sth.）
15. have yet to do sth还未做
16. order backlogs 订单挤压
17. celebratory adj.庆祝性的 a celebratory meal 庆功宴
18. looming UK /ˈluːmɪŋ/ adj. 逼近的，靠近的
①Twice a year, the luxury fashion houses of the world present their ready-to-wear clothing for the coming season. But this year, the fashion weeks intersected with an outbreak of a new coronavirus.
②As the virus spreads, the industry isn’t so sure about its ability to move forward.
③“Empty seats at shows are not the problem — it is what is happening in showrooms, the holdups in the supply chains and what they might mean,” said Pascal Morand, the executive president of an organizing body of Paris Fashion Week.
④Fashion buyers employed by retailers and e-commerce platforms negotiate order sizes and prices with brands and decide what goes into stores. This happens during intimate showroom appointments separate from runway presentations.
⑤This season’s orders have been down, designers said. Not necessarily for big companies like Valentino, Vuitton and Tod’s, their executives said, but for smaller independent houses, and particularly for those whose production takes place even partially in China.
⑥In an effort to stop the spread of the virus, thousands of Chinese factories, already closed over the celebratory New Year period, have yet to reopen, bringing manufacturing to a near standstill and headaches for many fashion companies that produce samples and wares in the country. Significant added costs from order backlogs and logistics delays are now expected, as well as a looming threat to global trade.
