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Talking about fashion

Episode 241025 / 25 Oct 2024

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Introduction

Neil and Beth have a real conversation in easy English about fashion and clothes. Learn to talk about the clothes you wear.

Vocabulary

fashionable
something that is popular now

old-fashioned
something that is not fashionable anymore

casual
used to describe clothes that are more comfortable and practical

smart
used to describe clothes that are more formal and professional

trends
new and popular clothing choices

Transcript

Neil
Hello, welcome to Real Easy English where we have real conversations in easy English to help you learn.

Beth
Read along with this episode using the transcript on our website: bbclearningenglish.com.

Neil
OK, Beth. I'm really excited about today's topic of conversation.

Beth
OK, how come?

Neil
Well, we're going to talk about clothes and fashion. Do you like to keep up with fashion, Beth?

Beth
I would say not so much, but I try to think about what I wear, and I try to not be old-fashioned.

Neil
OK.

Beth
What about you?

Neil
I am interested in what I wear. But I don't spend a lot of money or time choosing stuff.

Beth
OK. Do you like to buy new clothes?

Neil
Yeah. I don't do it very often, but I like to... I like to make the right choice.

Beth
OK. Yeah. I've started getting quite a few of my clothes second-hand, but online. So I... there's so much choice and I can choose what I like. And as long as it's still quite new and it's not really used and falling apart, then I feel like I'm making a good fashion choice.

Neil
So, Beth. What kind of outfits do you like to wear?

Beth
Well, I am quite casual in my clothes choices, I think. So I really like to wear trainers, maybe jeans or some loose trousers. I don't really like anything tight-fitting. I just want to be comfortable and I think I probably choose being comfortable over being fashionable. What about you?

Neil
Yeah. It depends. Because I'm old...

Beth
You're not that old, but carry on.

Neil
Because I'm old, well, I like to be smart sometimes. It depends on the occasion. But I also like to be casual. So I like trainers and I spend a lot of time choosing trainers, but not very often.

Beth
So, Neil, because... because you said you're old, I imagine that you don't really follow trends that much.

Neil
Yeah, I don't try to wear the latest trends because I think it looks silly for somebody my age to try to look too young. But maybe general trends like the type of jeans people wear during certain eras.

Beth
I know what you mean. So a lot of people now say that skinny jeans in the UK are not that fashionable, so they might wear some baggy jeans if that is a trend. I have to say I'm not very on it with fashion trends.

Neil
So, Beth, is there any item of clothing that you would really like to buy that you don't have?

Beth
Actually, yes because at the moment, we're getting into the winter here in the UK and I love the colour green and I don't have a green woolly hat and I love a woolly hat in the winter and I want a green one. So I'm going to be looking out for one of those in the next few weeks.

Beth
OK, let's recap the vocabulary that we used during the conversation.

Neil
We had trends, new and popular clothing choices.

Beth
And we had fashionable, something that is popular now.

Neil
And we had old-fashioned which means something that is not fashionable anymore.

Beth
We had casual, which is used to describe clothes that are comfortable and practical.

Neil
And smart, used to describe clothes that are formal and professional.

That's it for this episode of Real Easy English. If you want more English practice, try the London to Edinburgh Challenge, a video series for beginners. Find all the episodes on our website: bbclearningenglish.com

Beth
And next time on Real Easy English, we'll talk about music. Bye for now.

Neil
Bye.

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