Instructions for this test. I shall introduce each part of the test and give you time to look at the questions

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Speaker 3
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Ever since I can remember, I’ve been designing clothes with my friends and following the 
work of famous fashion designers. My main hobby, though, was to remove engines from 
jeeps and improve them to use on dirt tracks. So for me, it was a toss up between 
mechanical engineering and fashion design. My dream is to incorporate the two – fashion 
and mechanics. I know that’s not the most obvious combination for some people! I’m doing a 
project now for my university graduation show designing a collection which is basically 

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inspired by those jeep engines. You have to see it, I guess, to get what it’s about. 
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Speaker 4
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I’ve always been interested in fashion and flicking through magazines and looking at blogs 
online to see all of the beautiful photography and clothes. I loved Art at school and my 
teacher taught me the basics about illustration. Fashion design was just a natural 
progression, I suppose, although at school I really had no idea what it was I wanted to do. At 
least not until my last year when I was choosing courses for university applications. I knew I 
wanted to do a design-based course, and when my dad pointed out fashion design I knew 
that was the right choice. 
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Speaker 5
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It took a while for me to get to what I’m doing now – fashion! My parents wanted me to do 
something business-based so I studied economics, then switched to art. My parents tried to 
talk me out of that, but I was determined. The art course turned out to be too broad for me 
though and I struggled. Then it occurred to me I could actually study fashion design at my 
university. I love it and I’m learning so much about the industry. Finding out more about all 
the amazing fashion designers out there and how they succeeded – it’s been great!