Work in groups. Which clothes would you recommend for the following people?

Exercise 17. Write down words which describe the image each of the speakers is trying to create through his/her appearance.

Mike

Liz

Sara

Annie

Read the dialogue

annie: I like wearing the kind of clothes that I know my mother doesn't wear. I like, I like to look young and I like wearing bright colors and things that stand out in a crowd like, I like leather trousers and skirts, I like bright, bright colors, in my hair as well - like slides and things but also I dye my hair quite often. I don't see why I should look like everyone else in the street. It's fun. Clothes should be fun not something really serious. I could never spend, I don't know, £100 on a skirt for example. It's just such a waste of money.

sara: I mean, I like dressing up sometimes, but most of the time I actually feel uncomfortable, especially for my job 'cause I, I teach and, you know, if I'm wearing a skirt or a blouse I go in and I feel as if I'm teaching really formally and stiffly just because of what I'm wearing, so I tend to like to wear, you know, I like wearing sort of stripey things and spotty things and, and bright bouncy things really, and I'm not really bothered about the fashion. So I just like to wear the sort of things, you know, that like I feel comfortable in.

liz: I like wearing quite smart clothes because I feel better that way. I like to feel that I'm presenting the right image because I come into work - I work in an office - and I feel that people need to have some respect for me. They're going to do that more if I'm dressed to look as if I have some control over my situation and everything else. I enjoy wearing these clothes and I therefore feel more comfortable in them, which is also an additional part of it At the present moment I, I'm wearing a suit and, and a shirt and high heels, but that is not because I have to. It's because I actually feel better that way and that the image that I'm presenting will give people more confidence.

mike: Yes, well it's because I work in a bank really. I'm expected to wear formal clothes, pinstripe suit, tie, dark shoes, usually. Other times I do wear other, other sorts of clothes but I, I quite like wearing things like that. We're a bit of an old-fashioned firm and they, they insist that we do...

Exercise 16. Answer the questions

a) Does she like changing the color of her hair?

b) Does she spend a lot of money on clothes?

a) Is it necessary for her to wear a skirt for her job?

b) Is she a business woman?

a) Does she feel comfortable in smart clothes?

b) Does she have to wear a suit to work?

a) Does he have to wear formal clothes?

b) Does he like wearing formal clothes?

Example: Annie – unconventional, fun, young...

Exercise 18. Group report

a) An older man who wants to show everyone he is young and fashionable.

b) A young woman attending an interview for the job of managing director.

c) A young fashion designer who intends to visit an aunt and uncle on their farm.

d) A man or a woman who wants to make a good impression on someone of the opposite sex on a first date.

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