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Part One: Warm Up
Discuss the following questions with a partner or group:
- What is the difference between fashionable and classic styles?
- Do you think most people care about clothing labels and brand names when they buy clothes?
- What does a person's clothes say about their personality?
- What do you think it means to say someone is "a slave to corporate logos?" Do you know anyone like this?
- What is something you didn't like at first but "grew on you" after a while (to start to like something after time)?
Part Two: Listening
Exercise
Open the exercise to begin the activity. Follow the instructions in the document. The recording is from ELLLO.
Transcript
Fashion? Well, I can only go shopping once a year, so I'm not very fashion conscious.
I like clothes that fit me rather than, and suit me rather than brand labels.
I especially love shoe shopping when I go home.
And my aim is to look nice, not particularly fashionable, but classic, that'll do.
Fashion isn't really important to me.
I just want clothes that look fairly smart and don't smell.
If they've got holes in them, that's no good, but I'm not a follower of fashion.
Is fashion important to me? Not really.
I usually wear whatever's comfortable.
I don't usually care about name brands or anything like that.
I just go with what looks best on me, and yeah, it's gotta be cool.
Fashion is not so important to me, but I do like to sometimes put an effort into how I look and into my appearance.
I think that fashion expresses who you are, and it can differentiate you from others.
But, however, on the other hand, people can judge you on fashion and your appearance, and this is not a good thing.
You should look further than the appearance.
Fashion is not important to me.
I try not to be a slave to corporate logos, and I just know what I like, and I dress the way I like.
And if I see something that's in fashion and I like it, I'll wear it, and if I see something that isn't fashion and I don't like it, I won't wear it.
No, I don't think fashion is very important.
I think it's more important to wear clothes that you're comfortable in and clothes that express your personality in some way.
So perhaps sometimes I'll see something that's the latest fashion and I might like it, but usually if it's something a bit crazy, I don't like it.
But sometimes then, after a while, after I see a lot of people wearing it, it grows on me.