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?
o (Do you think it is important to be in fashion?)
 Do you wear jewelry?
o If so, what kind of jewelry do you wear?
o How often do you wear 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?
o If so, what did you make?
o 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?
o Do you have pierced ears?
o Do you know anyone with a pierced nose?
o 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?
o 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?
o Why?
o How often do you get dressed up?
o 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
o What would you think of a women who cut off all her hair and went
around bald as a fashion statement?
o What do you think of a man who is bald for fashion's sake?
o What do you think of women who wear short mini-skirts?
o Do you think that the clothes we wear reflect what is inside us ?
o What do you think of people who always and only wear black?
o What do you think of people with tattoos?
 Do you have a tattoo?
 Do you know someone with a tattoo?
o What do you think of people with body piercing?
 Do you have pierced ears?
 Would you pierce other parts of your body?
o What would you think of a high school student who always wore very
conservative clothes?
o What type of clothing do you wear when you are angry and you want to
express yourself?
o What colors do you choose to wear when you are happy?
o Would you dress the same as you do in your country if you went to
America for a visit?
o Do you dress the same when you are depressed as you do when you are
very happy?
 In what ways do you dress differently?
o 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?
o In what ways does your Grandmother dress differently then you?
o When you get old do you think you will dress like your grandmother or
grandfather?
o Would you ever wear dreadlocks?
 What do you think of the people who wear them?
o Have you ever worn your hair braided in small braids.
 Did anyone look at you differently because of it?
o Would you ever wear contacts to change your eye color?
o What is the difference in the people who choose to wear contacts and the
people who choose to were glasses?
o What do you think about women who don't wear earrings?
o What do you think about men who wear earrings?
 What do you think of women who do?
o 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?
o Is it possible to be beautiful without wearing any make-up, earrings or
other accessories?
o Do fashionable clothes really change the way a person looks?
o What differences have you noticed in the fashions here and in your
country?
o What do you think of men who where tights?
o 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?
o When and where did you buy an article of clothing you're wearing right
now? Why did you choose it?
o 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?
o What items of clothing do you consider provocative?
 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 costumes do people from your country wear?
 When do you wear them?
 Are they comfortable?