Conversation Questions: Clothes & Fashion

• About how much money do you spend on clothes a year?
• Do you like shopping for new clothes?
• Do you often buy new clothes?
• Do you prefer to go shopping or just browse? Why?
• Do you think men should be allowed to wear skirts?
• What piece of clothing do you spend your money on the most? Why?
• Do you read fashion magazines?
• Do you sometimes wear a hat?
• Do you think it is important to wear fashionable clothes?
  • Do you think it is important to be in fashion?
• Do you wear jewelry?
  • If so, what kind of jewelry do you wear?
  • How often do you wear jewelry?
  • What is your most valuable piece of jewelry?
• Do you wear the same color clothes now that you wore ten years ago?
• Do you wear the same size clothes this year as you wore last year?
• Do you think people feel different when they wear different clothes?
• Have you ever made your own clothes?
  • If so, what did you make?
  • Do you often make your own clothes?
• How many pairs of gloves do you have?
• What are some of the strangest fashions you have seen?
• What colors do you think look good on you?
• What colors do you think look good on your mother?
• What did you wear yesterday?
• What do you think of body piercing?
  • Do you have pierced ears?
  • Do you know anyone with a pierced nose?
  • Would you ever pierce your tongue?
• What do you think of people who dye their hair green?
• What do you think of women who wear high heel shoes?
  • Do you think high heel shoes are bad for a person's health?
• What fashions that you see today do you think will be out of fashion within two years?
• What is your shoe size?
• What kind of clothes are in fashion now?
• What kind of clothes do you usually wear?
• What's the most expensive piece of clothing you have ever bought?
• What's your favorite color for shoes?
• When was the last time you got dressed up?
  • Why?
  • How often do you get dressed up?
  • Do you like to get dressed up?
• Where are some good stores to buy clothes in this area?
• Where do you usually buy clothes?
• Would you like to be a fashion model?

Questions on Styles, Clothing and Fashion-based Stereotypes

• What would you think of a women who cut off all her hair and went around bald as a fashion statement?
• What do you think of a man who is bald for fashion's sake?
• What do you think of women who wear short mini-skirts?
• Do you think that the clothes we wear reflect what is inside us ?
• What do you think of people who always and only wear black?
• What do you think of people with tattoos?
  • Do you have a tattoo?
  • Do you know someone with a tattoo?
• What do you think of people with body piercing?
  • Do you have pierced ears?
  • Would you pierce other parts of your body?
• What would you think of a high school student who always wore very conservative clothes?
• What type of clothing do you wear when you are angry and you want to express yourself?
• What colors do you choose to wear when you are happy?
• Would you dress the same as you do in your country if you went to America for a visit?
• Do you dress the same when you are depressed as you do when you are very happy?
  • In what ways do you dress differently?
• If you went out with a group of high school friends, would you dress differently then if you went out with your grandmother and her friends?
• In what ways does your Grandmother dress differently then you?
• When you get old do you think you will dress like your grandmother or grandfather?
• Would you ever wear dreadlocks?
  • What do you think of the people who wear them?
• Have you ever worn your hair braided in small braids.
  • Did anyone look at you differently because of it?
• Would you ever wear contacts to change your eye color?
• What is the difference in the people who choose to wear contacts and the people who choose to were glasses?
• What do you think about women who don't wear earrings?
• What do you think about men who wear earrings?
  • What do you think of women who do?
• Is it possible for women to wear too much make-up?
  • When is a person wearing to much make-up?
  • What do you think of men who wear make-up?
• Is it possible to be beautiful without wearing any make-up, earrings or other accessories?
• Do fashionable clothes really change the way a person looks?
• What differences have you noticed in the fashions here and in your country?
• What do you think of men who where tights?
• What do you think about secondhand clothes?
  • Why do you think people buy secondhand clothes?
  • Have you ever been to a store that sells secondhand clothes?
  • Have you ever bought secondhand clothes?
  • Would you buy secondhand clothes?
• When and where did you buy an article of clothing you're wearing right now? Why did you choose it?
• What would you think if the mother of the groom wore black at a wedding?
  • What would you think if a bride wore red?
  • Should a bride's dress be long or do you think it could be the length of a regular skirt?
• What items of clothing do you consider provocative in this country?
  • What types of clothing are provocative in your country?
  • Do you ever dress this way?
• What do you think of men wearing high heels?
• What do you think of women wearing high heels?
• Why is it acceptable for women to wear men's clothing, but not for men to dress in women's clothing?
• Is there a stigma attached to people who buy no-name (no brand) clothing?
• Are some people more fashion conscious than others? What types/groups of people?
• Have you ever bought imitation brand clothing?
• What traditional clothes do people from your country wear?
  • When do you wear them?
  • Are they comfortable?
• In your country do children have to wear school uniform?
  • Did you wear a school uniform?
  • Do you think wearing uniforms is a good idea?
• What would you do or feel if you were refused entry to somewhere because of what you are wearing?
• Do you think dress codes should be adhered to if requested on an invitation?
• What would you wear to meet royalty or the President of your country?
• Would you go to a fancy dress party? Why or why not?
• How much do you spend getting ready to go to school? Work? Out with friends? To a party?
  • Do the times vary much?
• What traditional clothes do people from your country wear?
• When do you wear them?
• Are they comfortable?
• Do you think there's a difference between" fashion " and "style" ?
• How often do you go clothes shopping?
  • Where do you like to go?
  • Who do you like to go with?
  • How much money do you usually spend?
  • Would you bring your husband/boyfriend with you when you go clothes shopping?
• What do you like to shop for the most?
• Where is your favorite shopping centre?
• What is your favorite brand?
• Are you a shopaholic?
• Do you go to many shops before buying one particular item or do you just buy the first one you find?
• Do you spend a lot of money on clothes your clothes?
• Which type of clothes do you "collect"?
• What's your favorite piece of clothing?
  • How much did it cost?
  • Where did you buy your favorite piece of clothing?
• Have you ever felt uncomfortable with what you wear?
• Did your parents ever make you wear something you didn't like?
• Do you like to go shopping during the sales?