Question

Fill in the blank in the following sentence with the most appropriate option from those given: If you want to feel the pulse of modern fashion, then Marc Jacobs is ___ the best designer to turn to. Although his career has had its fair share of fashion missteps, no other designer has so consistently influenced the broader clothing market in the modern era.

• A. frequently
• B. invariably
• C. variably
• D. infrequently

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Concept:

• This is a vocabulary-in-context question, the blank must match the logic of the sentence that follows it.
• 'Invariably' means always, without any exception.
• 'Frequently' means often but not always, 'infrequently' means rarely, and 'variably' means changing from time to time, none of these show a fixed, constant quality.

Step 1: Read the clue in the next sentence.
It says no other designer has 'so consistently' influenced the broader clothing market, which stresses constancy despite some missteps.

Step 2: Match the blank to this idea of constancy.
The sentence needs a word meaning 'always' or 'without fail' to agree with 'so consistently'.

Step 3: Test the options.
'frequently' and 'infrequently' both suggest some exceptions, which contradicts the 'consistently' clue.
'variably' means changeable, the opposite of what the sentence needs.
Only 'invariably' gives the sense of constant, unfailing importance that the sentence demands.

Final Answer: invariably