INVICTUS

 INVICTUS

Invictus, meaning unconquerable or undefeated in Latin, was written in 1875 by William Ernest Henley.

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Invictus by William Ernest Henley is an inspirational poem. This poem depicts the poet's attempt to motivate himself when there is no hope at all. When the poet writes this poem he has already lost one of his legs. So, in such a situation of mental and physical agony, the poet tries to lift up his courage.

不可战胜

作者：威廉·欧内斯特·亨利

重重夜色之中，

黑暗如地心深底，

感谢上天诸神，

赐我不屈灵魂。

就算被踩倒践踏，

也不会畏缩呼叫。

就算承受无数打击，

头破血流，却不弯腰屈膝。

尽管这里充满愤怒泪水，

恐怖阴影若隐若现，

岁月越是逼人，

越会发现，我，勇敢无惧。

无论天堂之门多么狭窄，

无论刑罚加身多么严苛，

我是自己命运的主宰：

我是自己灵魂的统帅。

Invictus

William Ernest Henley

Out of the night that covers me,

Black as the pit from pole to pole,

I thank whatever gods may be

For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance

I have not winced nor cried aloud.

Under the bludgeoning of chance

My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears

Looms but the Horror of the shade,

And yet the menace of the years

Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,

How charged with punishments the scroll,

I am the master of my fate:

I am the captain of my soul.

FASHION: the fashion industry

 

the Fashion industry is a multibillion-dollar global enterprise devoted to the business of making and selling clothes.Some observers distinguish between the fashion industry (which makes “high fashion”) and the apparel industry (which makes ordinary clothes or “mass fashion”), but by the 1970s the boundaries between them had blurred. 

Fashion is best defined simply as the style or styles of clothing and accessories worn at any given time by groups of people. 

There may appear to be differences between the expensive designer fashions shown on the runways of Paris or New York and the mass-produced sportswear and street styles sold in malls and markets around the world. However, the fashion industry encompasses the design, manufacturing, distribution,marketing, retailing,advertising, and promotion of all types of apparel (men’s, women’s, and children’s) from the most rarefied and expensive haute couture (literally, “high sewing”) and designer fashions to ordinary everyday clothing—from couture ball gowns to Juicy Couture-brand sweatpants. it's not just about the style or type of clothing, but instead encompassing it all overall, as a collective. Sometimes the broader term “fashion industries” is used to refer to the myriad industries and services that employ millions of people internationally in all forms of skills.

https://www.bl.uk/business-and-ip-centre/fashion-industry-guide-new

Fashion is a general term for a popular style or practice, especially in clothing, footwear, accessories, makeup, body piercing, or furniture. Fashion refers to a distinctive and often habitual trend in the style in which a person dresses or styles themselves to in a sense of behaviour. Fashion also refers to the newest creations of textile designers. The more technical original term costume has become so linked to the term "fashion" that the use of the former has been relegated to special senses like fancy dress or masquerade wear, rather than everyday wear. while "fashion" means clothing more generally, including the study of it. Although aspects of fashion can be feminine or masculine, some trends are androgynous and all fall under the term fashion and into the fashion industry. The fashion industry consists of four levels: the production of raw materials, principally fibres and textiles but also leather and fur; the production of fashion goods by designers, manufacturers, contractors, and others; retail sales; and various forms of advertising and promotion. Clothing industry or garment industry summarizes the types of trade and industry along the production and value chain of clothing and garments, starting with the textile industry, embellishment using embroidery, via the fashion industry to apparel retailers up to trade with second-hand clothes and textile recycling.

https://www.britannica.com/art/fashion-industry