ISE I - Fashion - shopping

Where do you shop?                                        department store

outlet

shopping center / mall

chainstore

family-run business

boutique

market stall / stand

Do you enjoy shopping? 

Do you go window shopping?

Have you ever shopped from a catalog?

Have you ever bought anything online? 

How safe is shopping online?

Do you worry about credit card fraud?

Have you ever bought anything from a door-to-door salesman or a street vendor?

When you go to the market, do you always go to the same stalls / stands? 

Are you good at haggling / bargaining? 

Are you a bargain hunter? Do you shop around for the best price and the best deals? 

Do you wait for sales? 

What's the best bargain/deal you've ever gotten? 

Have you ever bought anything on impulse and then regretted it?

                                     If so, what was it and what made you buy it? 

Do you know any shopaholics? 

What influences you more? Price - quality - layout of the shop - guarantee/warranty - or something else? 

What do you think of when you hear the word "fashion"?

What's the most stylish thing in your wardrobe? When do you wear it?

What's the difference between fashion and style?

Is there a difference between high fashion and art?

Is fashion important?

Do you follow fashion?

Are you a slave to fashion?

Have you ever been to a fashion show?

Do you dress differently from your parents?

Does your mother ever borrow your clothes or do you borrow hers?

What do you think about the way boys / girls dress these days?

Do you think boys are as fashionable as girls? 

Do you think boys care about fashion as much as girls?

If a boy is fashionable, do you think he's more interesting?

Do you like boys to wear fashionable clothes?

What, if anything, would you change about the way you dress?

Which designers or clothes shops do you like best?  What's so great about them?

Whose fashion sense do you most admire?

What's your favorite item of clothing? Why?

What's the latest fashin in your country? Would you wear it?

What would you wear for a romantic dinner? 

What about for a night out with your friends?

What would you wear to a friend's wedding?

"What are you going to wear to the school party?"

What's the most expensive outfit you've ever worn? When did you wear it?

Describe your look. 

high fashion

street fashion

extreme fashion (what's the craziest thing you've ever seen?)

old-fashioned

trendy

cool

sporty

casual

scruffy (trascurato)

smart

well-dressed

elegant

What look would you most like to go for?                                       

Do you mix and match styles?  

        match - fit - suit - go with - brand

How long do you normally spend getting dressed in the morning?

Do you ever wear uncomfortable clothes because they are fashionable?

What would be the best / worst thing about being a fashion model?

If a fashion journalist asked to take your picture for a style magazine, would you let them? Would you be flattered?

Imagine you had to dress the person to your right. How would you dress them?

Close your eyes and try to describe what the other people around you are wearing. Was it easy or difficult? Why?

Birthday suit

come into fashio  - go out of fashion

tight - loose - baggy

decked out / dressed to kill / dressed to the nines 

dress up - dress down

fit like a glove  / that outfit suits you

hand me down

waterproof

drip dry

hand wash

machine washable

dry cleaning

cool iron

changing / dressing rooms