Do you like shopping for new clothes?
Do you often buy new clothes?
Do you read fashion magazines?
Do you sometimes wear a hat?
Do you think it is important to wear fashionable clothes? o (Do you think it is important to be in fashion?)
Do you wear jewelry? o If so, what kind of jewelry do you wear? o How often do you wear jewelry?
Do you wear the same color clothes now that you wore ten years ago?
Do you wear the same size clothes this year as you wore last year?
Do you think people feel different when they wear different clothes?
Have you ever made your own clothes? o If so, what did you make? o Do you often make your own clothes?
How many pairs of gloves do you have?
What are some of the strangest fashions you have seen?
What colors do you think look good on you?
What colors do you think look good on your mother?
What did you wear yesterday?
What do you think of body piercing? o Do you have pierced ears? o Do you know anyone with a pierced nose? o Would you ever pierce your tongue?
What do you think of people who dye their hair green?
What do you think of women who wear high heel shoes? o Do you think high heel shoes are bad for a person's health?
What fashions that you see today do you think will be out of fashion within two years?
What is your shoe size?
What kind of clothes are in fashion now?
What kind of clothes do you usually wear?
What's the most expensive piece of clothing you have ever bought?
What's your favorite color for shoes?
When was the last time you got dressed up? o Why? o How often do you get dressed up? o Do you like to get dressed up?
Where are some good stores to buy clothes in this area?
Where do you usually buy clothes?
Would you like to be a fashion model?
Questions on Styles, Clothing and Fashion-based Stereotypes o What would you think of women who cut off all her hair and went around bald as a fashion statement? o What do you think of a man who is bald for fashion's sake? o What do you think of women who wear short mini-skirts? o What do you think of people who always and only wear black? o What do you think of people with tattoos?
Do you have a tattoo?
Do you know someone with a tattoo? o What do you think of people with body piercings?
Do you have pierced ears?
Would you pierce other parts of your body? o What would you think of a high school student who always wore very conservative clothes? o What type of clothing do you wear when you are angry and you want to express yourself? o What colors do you choose to wear when you are happy? o Would you dress the same as you do in your country if you went to America for a visit? o Do you dress the same when you are depressed as you do when you are very happy?
In what ways do you dress differently? o If you went out with a group of high school friends, would you dress differently then if you went out with your grandmother and her friends? o In what ways does your Grandmother dress differently then you? o When you get old do you think you will dress like your grandmother or grandfather? o Would you ever wear dreadlocks?
What do you think of the people who wear them? o Have you ever worn your hair braided in small braids.
Did anyone look at you differently because of it? o Would you ever wear contacts to change your eye color? o What is the difference in the people who choose to wear contacts and the people who choose to were glasses? o What do you think about women who don't wear earings? o What do you think about men who wear earings?
What do you think of women who do? o Is it possible for women to wear too much make-up?
When is a person wearing to much make-up?
What do you think of men who wear make-up? o Is it possible to be beautiful without wearing any make-up, earings or other accessories? o Do fashionable clothes really change the way a person looks? o What differences have you noticed in the fashions here and in your country? o What do you think about secondhand clothes?
Why do you think people buy secondhand clothes?
Have you ever been to a store that sells secondhand clothes?
Have you ever bought secondhand clothers?
Would you buy secondhand clothes? o When and where did you buy an article of clothing you're wearing right now? Why did you choose it? o What would you think if the mother of the groom wore black at a wedding?
What would you think if a bride wore red?
Should a bride's dress be long or do you think it could be the length of a regular skirt? o What items of clothing do you consider provocative?
(It would be interesting to see if foreigners perceive their own clothing to be provocative or not, but to get them to admit that, the question should be phrased - would it be so in American or Canada, etc.)
What do you think of men wearing high heels?
What do you think of women wearning high heels?
Is there a stigma attached to people who buy no-name (no brand) clothing?
Are some people more fashion conscious than others? What types/groups of people?
Have you ever bought pirate/imitation brand clothing?
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show to Student B)
1)
Do you like fashion?
2)
What do you think of the fashion industry?
3)
Are you a fashion victim / slave to fashion?
4)
Would you like to be a fashion model?
5)
How does fashion affect our lives?
6)
How important is fashion today compared with in the past?
7)
What do you think of the fact that what’s in fashion lasts just a short time, then we have to spend more money on the next “in” things?
8)
What are the bad things about fashion?
9)
Is fashion only for beautiful people?
10)
Do you have your own fashion or follow the crowds?
STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show to Student A)
1)
What do you think of designer fashion?
2)
What do you think of street fashion?
3)
What area of fashion interests you most - clothes, hair, cosmetics, shoes, accessories, etc?
4)
Tell me about the most fashionable people you know?
5)
Could you date someone who has a terrible sense of fashion?
6)
Do you have a favourite fashion designer?
7)
What do you think of catwalk fashion? Can you wear the same clothes as the models
8)
What do you think of the fashion in other countries?
9)
What do you think is the best decade / era for fashion?
10)
How would you describe your fashion?
Do you love clothes? Do you love talking about trends, designers and the latest must-have item? Then this blog is for you.
Here is some vocabulary for English conversation classes about fashion.
Fashionista: A fashionista is someone who is not only interested in fashion, but obsessed with fashion. Fashionistas know and follow all current trends in clothing, hair and accessories.
Are you a fashionista?
What is your style?
Are you a conservative dresser?
Do you follow trends?
Do you have an individual style?
Do you make trends? I am fashion forward. I am a trendsetter.
Are you cutting edge with your clothes?
What kind of clothes do you buy?
Do you buy well known international brands?
Do you like high street brands (like H&M, Topshop, Debenhams etc)?
Do you like second hand or thrift shop clothes?
Do you make your own clothes?
Do you mix-and-match styles?
How do people react to your style?
Do people complement you on your taste?
Do people criticize your style?
Do people ask you where you bought your clothes?
Do they ask to borrow your clothes?
What do you think will be the trend for 2011?
I think the trend for 2011 is…
What trend in shoes do the girls like?
What do the girls think will be the next big trend?
Do the girls agree about their favorite collection during fashion week?
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Fashion and Clothing
This is the preparation material for an English Conversation Lesson about Fashion and Clothing. You can listen to an audio discussion between two people about fashion, learn useful vocabulary, idioms and phrasal verbs relating to fashion and clothing, and discover how to answer common conversation questions that people ask about this subject.
Audio Discussion
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Fashion Audio Transcript
Adjectives
Scruffy – dirty and untidy
Dressy – suitable for formal occasions
Skimpy – close-fitting, using little material
Baggy – loose clothing
Snazzy – modern, stylish
Idioms
Dressed to kill – means to wear clothes intended to attract the attention of the opposite sex.
All the rage – very fashionable
A slave of fashion – is someone who is strongly influenced by fashion.
Phrasal Verbs
Grow out (of) – to become too big to fit your clothing. Those shoes don’t fit the boy anymore. He’s grown out of them.
Change out (of) – to take off clothes you are wearing and put on different ones. He changed out of his weekend clothes into his uniform.
Dress up – dress very smartly. I love dressing up for parties because I normally wear jeans.
Conversation Questions
What are the good things about fashion?
What are the bad things about fashion?
Do you think it is important to wear fashionable clothes?
Do you think people feel different when they wear different clothes?
How does fashion affect our lives?
Have you seen any strange fashions in your country?
What do you think of body piercing?
What fashions that you see today do you think will be out of fashion within two years?
Do you like shopping for new clothes?
Do you often buy new clothes?
What kind of clothes do you usually wear?
Do you like getting dressed up for special occasions?
What do you think of the fashion industry?
Do you think that the clothes we wear reflect what is inside us?
What do you think of people who always and only wear black?
What do you think of people with tattoos?
Why do you think fashion is so important to teenagers?
Do you think we choose clothing according to our mood?
Is it possible for women to wear too much make-up?
Do fashionable clothes really change the way a person looks?
What differences have you noticed in the fashions here and in your country?
Are some people more fashion conscious than others? What types/groups of people?
What traditional clothes do people from your country wear?
In your country do children have to wear school uniform?
Did you wear a school uniform?
Do you think wearing uniforms is a good idea?
What would you do or feel if you were refused entry to somewhere because of what you are wearing?
What is your favorite brand?
Do you go to many shops before buying one particular item or do you just buy the first one you find?
Did your parents ever make you wear something you didn’t like when you were a child?