A2 English Listening Practice - Clothes and Fashion

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[thangg]

So today, I’m going to talk about clothes and fashion. This is a topic that I don’t really like that much but it’s an important one. Everybody wears clothes and everybody has some kind of fashion or lack of fashion. I might be one of those people that lacks fashion but we’ll get into that in a minute.

First let’s talk about when we first develop our own fashion sense and take it seriously. For me this was around the time when i was in middle school. Middle school is when I started paying attention to what kind of clothes I was wearing: what brands, what styles and what colors, .. One of the first phrases that I went through was the one when I wore really baggy clothes. Baggy clothes are the clothes that are too big for you and they come down lower than normal clothes. My shirt was too long and my pants weren’t pulled up high enough. It wasn’t a good phrase for me. I’m sure many of you can remember going through something like this when you were young. If we look back at our middle school pictures, some of us would be horrified. So when I got into high school, my style changed because I started playing basketball. Thus, I started buying all kind of Air Jordan’s, Nike and other brands of basketball shoes. I used to match the color of my shirt with color of my shoes. I was super color-coordinated then after that, I ditched the basketball phrase, and I started wearing more casual clothes. And then finally by the time I started college, I’d stopped caring so much about what clothes I wore. Nowadays, I’m the least stylish person you’ll meet I wear what’s comfortable and I don’t have many clothes.

So now let’s talk about some of the popular clothing stores that are out there. Back when I was 17, I got my first job at the clothing store called Hollister. Some of you might know this store, actually. It was really popular back in my high school days, but I don’t know how popular is it now. Now when I go shopping I either go the store like H&M or I go to department store like JC Penny. Department stores are really big stores that sell all kinds of clothes, jewelry, electronics and other things from many different brands. I like these stores because they have a huge selection of clothes. Some of the most popular athletic clothing store in the US include Nike, Footlocker, and DICK’s Sporting Goods. For women, Forever 21, Zara and Abercrombie & Fitch are some of the most popular stores. Do you have these stores in your country ? In the US, most popular clothing stores are found shopping malls. Here we just call them ‘malls’. You can find malls everywhere in the US. I think most of them are indoor mall but there are plenty outdoor malls too. I’m not a big fan of mall but there are definitely time I need to go there to buy something. And during Christmas season, I have to spend much more time at the mall buying presents for everyone.

[eduardoalas]

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[curmauser-jkbr]

We went through a similar phase. In middle school, I was the type of person who didn't really care about clothing; I just wore something casual. However, in high school, I became addicted to fashion. All my clothes were baggy, and I was greatly influenced by American culture. I watched a lot of movies and listened to a lot of hip-hop music, which led me to gravitate towards fashion. Nowadays, I don't buy a lot of clothes, but classic clothing styles appeal to me.

[wuheber]

Every season has its own charm, but my favorite is winter. Winter is quite long in my region, and I love skiing.

[salmnalcawdah]

I just wear any think that is not short and doesn't satisfy my religion

[flora-crqi]

Thanks for this podcast.. This is really useful for me.. Thanks a million

[Thuy-rebv]

Thank you for your video. It is very interesting. My favorite cloth is T-shirt of local brands. This makes me feel comfortable and confident.

[xyali_yazar]

Thanks for this video. This video helps me quite a lot👏

[kaniawsorane]

my favorite clothes store is sport style l love these style with trainers thanks for your videos, your videos can help me to improve my english skill

[zahraaali]

Thank you for your video it’s really helpful for me to practice . So really I don’t have a favourite store I’m just ordered from internet.

[thuynguyen-pkbh]

the video is very interesting, the topics are perfect

[azizgaming]

Thanks for every video you uploaded they're helpful

[anfalnassar]

In my country, there are no famous clothing stores like the ones you mentioned, but despite that, I can coordinate colors very well, and I always match the right color of clothes with the right color of shoes, I also love watching different styles of clothes on YouTube and social media.

[gkovvwo]

I don't have a favorite clothes stores put I like to wear over size clothes.thank you alot because of what you do to improve our listening

[iTheNanda]

Hey Conner, my favorite store in my country is Zara (it's an American store I know) but it's a very popular brand in Brazil

[a.k.t]

so we went through a similar phase, when i was in middle school i didn't really care about clothes or fashion but by the time i started college, i 'd started caring about what clothes i wore . nowadays, i wear a plenty of different kinds of clothes from many brands especially from Nike whatever dude thanks a lot for this video my English listening really improves after each video :)

[qnnmbgp]

Now i'm going to tell you about clothes and fashion. Fashion - is quite subjective concept, because there aren't clothes which everyone likes. All people are different. For example, i dont like many brands, though, many people just enjoy them. I started chosing clothes myself when i was for about 9 or 10 years old. My style often changed and i liked various clothes despite i couldnot сombine ones. Nowadays, I start understating how I need to combine clothes. My favourite style is baggy and oversize, because that's fashionable now and I just like this one. I believe that everyone has to choose those clothes which he wants and nobody can disturb him. All in all, fashion oftens changes and you don't need to go in cycles on that. That's all I wanted to say. Thank you.

[joezambrano]

My favorite season in my country Ecuador is summer because I go to the beach or travel to Quito City

[somiahany]

My favorite season is fall 🍁 because in this season I was born

[amAju-nymy]

My favorite clotes store is K2. It is convenient and easy wear. I love them but to expensive. I need to make money. haha!