Useful vocabulary connected with: CLOTHING

Talking about: CLOTHING

Here you can find some questions you can ask your partner during conversation about clothing:

1. Do you like shopping for new clothes?

2. How often do you go shopping for clothes?

3. How much money do you spend on new clothes a year?

4. Is it possible to get addicted to buying clothes?

5. Do you wear fashionable/ branded clothes only?

6. Do you read fashion magazines?

8. Is it important to be fashionable?

9. What is your favourite colour of clothes?

10. What kind of clothes do you usually wear?

11. Where do you usually buy clothes?

12. Do you buy second-hand clothes ? Why/why not?

13. Do you buy clothes on the Internet? Why/why not?

14. Do you often buy branded clothes? Why/why not?

15. How many pairs of shoes do you have?

16. (if you are a woman) Do you often wear high heel shoes? (if you are a man) Do you like when women wear high heel shoes?

17. How often does the fashion change?

18. Does the fashion come back over again?

19. Do you think that clothes reflect personality?

20. Is there any dress code in your job? Do you like it?

21. What do you think about wearing uniforms at school?

22. Do you wear jewellery?

23. Do you have tattoos?

24. Is it acceptable in your country to have a lot of tattoos and earrings?

25. Do you wear glasses?

26. Do you wear contact lenses?

27. What traditional clothes do people wear in your country?

28. What pieces of clothing do you consider provocative?

Useful vocabulary connected with: CLOTHING

to get addicted to sth (level: intermediate)

become unable to live without something

He was depressed after he had lost his job and consequently, he got addicted to alcohol.

fashionable (level: pre-intermediate)

in fashion, popular at a particular time

You may not like spotted clothes, but they are very fashionable this summer.

favourite (level: pre-intermediate)

best liked

My favourite colour is red.

casual clothes (level: intermediate)

clothes that you wear every day

I can’t wear casual clothes in my new workplace, so I have to buy something more elegant.

sports clothes (level: pre-intermediate)

I don’t wear sports clothes, unless I go jogging.

elegant clothes – level: pre-intermediate

smart casual (level: upper intermediate)

a style of clothing that combines casual and elegant clothes

If you don’t want to give up wearing casual clothes, but you are expected to look elegant at the same time, try wearing smart casual.

shopping mall (level: intermediate)

a large shopping area where you can buy everything

It is more convenient to do shopping in shopping malls, because you can find everything under one roof there.

second-hand clothes (level: intermediate)

clothes that had been used by somebody else before you bought them

Even celebrities buy second-hand clothes, because they can find something unique there that nobody else can have.

branded (level: upper intermediate)

easy to recognize, because of being a product of a well known manufacturer

He may be rich, but his boasting about his branded clothes and gadgets is so pathetic.

high heel shoes (level: upper intermediate)

women’s shoes that raise their feet, because of heels attached to their soles

She is too high to wear high heel shoes. But she does anyway, and she is always higher than her husband.

to reflect (level: upper intermediate)

to show, express, be a sign of something

The latest statistics reflect how people’s shopping habits have changed over time.

dress code (level: intermediate)

an approved way of dressing at a particular time or in a particular place, e.g. job, wedding, party

James often wears an awful yellow suit at work. It makes the boss furious when he does not respect the dress code of his company like that.

uniform (level: intermediate)

a particular set of clothes that has to be worn by a group of people, e.g. by pupils at school

Wearing uniforms at school seems to be a good idea to me. There is no boasting about clothes and gadgets among children then.

jewellery (level: intermediate)

decorative objects made from silver, gold or other metals, often with precious stones that you wear on your body or clothes

Avoid wearing too much jewellery, it is not elegant at all.

acceptable (level: upper intermediate)

Wearing too short skirts in the church is not acceptable.

earrings – level: intermediate

glasses (level: intermediate)

two pieces of special glass that you wear in front of your eyes in order to improve your sight

I felt tired of wearing my big glasses, do I bought contact lenses.

contact lenses (level: upper intermediate)

a small piece of special plastic that your put on the surface of your eyes in order to improve your sight

She usually wears contact lenses, because they are much more comfortable than glasses.

to consider (level: intermediate)

to believe somebody or something to be…

I think she’s an exceptional beauty, although my friends consider her ugly.

provocative (level: intermediate)

causing sexual desire

She was wearing a short skirt and high heel shoes and she looked at him in a provocative way.

to try on (level: intermediate)

to put on (a piece of clothing)

This red skirt fits you well, but try on the black one.