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Describe a friend who is well dressed and is good at dressing up.
You should say who he or she is, how you knew them, what his or her dressing style is and explain why he or she dresses this way.
A very interesting topic, isn't it?
Rory, give us your story.
Uh, well, my friend Steve has always been quite well -presented.
We've been friends for about 20 years now, but in that time, I don't think I've ever seen him at the same outfit more than twice and they've always been pretty good choices.
To tell you a bit more about how we knew each other, we met, oh, at a party, in a forest where we lived, Aboutโฆ oh wow...
well, about twenty years ago, like I said.
So we'd both been teenagers at the time, I think, at least. Even back then he stood out with a particularly gothic look.
Come to think of it, I'm surprised we didn't lose him, since he'd have blended into the surroundings fairly easily back then.
In more detail about what he wears, it used to be typical, sort of, goth attire, with lots of dark shades and a huge amount of black involved, this evolved into a more formal punk kind of style, with lots of large colours on relatively formal clothes, like trousers and suit jackets.
If that sounds bizarre, well that's because it is and he's very easy to find in a crowd as a result.
Still there's less blending in these days.
However because it comes so naturally to him.
It looks fantastic.
Like he's some sort of a fashion icon mixing formality with some rule breaking colour choices.
Some people might think that would make him look standoffish or unapproachable but he's actually one of the nicest people I know.
Even back when we were kids people called him a friendly god.
And I can see why. When it comes to the reasons he gets dressed up like this I imagine it's the same reason that Anyone who dresses in a fairly unique manner.
It's an expression of his personality, which is very pro -social, so it invites a lot of comment, and conversation.
Which I think is exactly what he's after.
If he didn't dress so well, I'm sure he'd still be a popular guy, but I suspect this makes his life a lot easier in that regard. And do your friends like this person?
The ones I've talked to about them do, yeah.
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Describe a friend who is well dressed.
So, your friend should have like stylish clothes and who is good at dressing up.
So, here what we mean by dressing up could be like a person who is stylish or a person who is good at choosing beautiful clothes.
Actually, dress up โ what does it mean, to dress up, Rory?
Well, it could mean many things.
You get dressed up for some kind of fancy dress party and โ well, that would mean that you wear these clothes, which are sort ofโฆ โฆcostumes, yeah.
โฆrepresentative of something else.
Yeah, a costume. But you could also get dressed up in a fancy way as well.
Yeah, for example, like, to put on some formal clothes for a special occasion.
we go to a wedding and you dress up for a wedding, right not just jeans and a t -shirt but something like a nice dress or a nice suit.
You have to dress up for the wedding and you are not getting married but you just go to a wedding or dress up like to wear a costume like for Halloween for example.
Little kids usually enjoy dressing up and like I was dressed up like a cowboy for example at a party so dear listener if you don't have this person choose Steve no you can talk about Steve like Rory's choice imagine that you know Steve and Steve is your friend and there you go you can just steal Rory's story but this is like good stealing, quality bad night stealing so feel free to take Rory's answer okay.
So my friend Steve has always been well presented, well presented or well dressed.
Present perfect because Steve is alive so we're using present perfect.
He's always been well presented, he's always been well dressed.
we've been friends for 10 years we've been friends for a long time present perfect also or I've known this person for a long time again feel free to lie there listen all right.
Clothes or outfit? Like outfits means clothes oh like he's got a nice outfit.
I think the outfit is like how everything comes together and clothes or the individual pieces.
Do you use the word look like oh I like his look like meaning outfits the style and everything like clothes style.
You could yeah like you could talk about a good look or not a good look.
Hmm and could you give us a sentence with like oh like he's got a good look or I like his look.
Well yes um but that's it you've just given the examples there.
So they are correct yeah?
Yeah it could also be like I really like Maria's look for itself.
Yeah or I've always enjoyed his look.
Meaning I've always enjoyed his outfits, clothes.
You should say clothes dear listener.
Not clothes. No clothes.
And an outfit is a set of clothes.
I really like his outfits.
Lots. We met at a party, or we met at a concert, and then it's so funny Rory, like, a party in a forest!
Oh, that's like a Scottish party, yeah.
That's sort of super normal behaviour.
Yeah, like let's have a party in the forest, you know, like we met in a forest. Yeah?
Why not? Yeah, deal with it, because Scottish people are wild, they prefer rivers, forests, you know, to hang out.
Like, who needs shopping malls these days?
I don't think that's a Scottish thing I think that's just teenagers not having anywhere to party thing and so they go to a forest it was a ridiculous idea yeah yeah so I met him when I was a teenager it was about like 20 years ago and even back then he stood out, so a nice phrase of work to use here stand out meaning to be different from other people and as we are talking about person who is well dressed usually such people do stand out be very noticeable he stands out from the crowd he stands out from other people and in the past he stood out as a teenager because he had a particularly Gothic
look she look meaning outfits style was he a goth I think that's the closest style that I could think of that it looks like.
Keeping in mind, Goth is like a subculture from my time.
They will probably be different subcultures now.
In more detail about what he wears, or you can say, as for what he wears, we put on clothes and we wear clothes.
What does he wear? He wears a typical Goth attire.
And yes, dear listener, this is another synonym for clothes or outfits.
Attire. It is formal, so the most formal word to mean clothes, attire, but you can use it in this part.
So, attire, clothes, especially for a particular or formal type.
For example, you should wear an appropriate attire for a wedding.
Or is the appropriate attire if you're super formal?
Oh yeah, actually we don't use any article right?
So you should wear appropriate attire.
No, we could talk about the appropriate attire as well if we're being specific.
But not air, because attire is uncountable right?
I think that it could be in fact.
Normally it's uncountable but it can change with the context.
So maybe there are many appropriate attires that are possible for example.
So you can say like I really like his elegant attire, or I've always enjoyed his extravagant attire.
Like extravagant meaning unusual, something that stands out, or could be like too much. Like it's really noticeable.
Actually extravagant is C2.
Is it? Yeah. Wow. Extravagant attire, dear listener.
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And then you talk more about the clothes that the person wears.
So he prefers dark shades or dark colors or bright colors, bright shades.
And it's a good idea to listen to our episode about colors.
So he prefers a formal style or casual style, informal, with lots of loud colors like bright colors.
And relatively formal clothes like trousers, jackets, suit jackets, ties, and then you should name some pieces of clothes that the person usually wears.
Dresses, shorts, socks.
Or something interesting.
You can choose something interesting, like what clothes do we really mention but What's good vocabulary?
Oh, wow, waistcoats?
Suit jackets? Belts, for example?
Cordiary trousers could be also a rather flamboyant choice?
Yoga pants. Oh, yoga pants.
Nice. Is that the sign of being well dressed, though?
Arguable. It may look bizarre.
Bizarre like strange?
Or it's... sound bizarre.
So all my clothes that he wears might look bizarre, but he is very easy to find in a crowd, so he stands out from the crowd, and it comes so naturally to him, because usually when people dress well, they do it kind of naturally, and you look at them like, wow, it just looks beautiful, because it's like natural to person and everything suits this person yeah that's why he's well dressed he's stylish so it's so natural to him it looks fantastic and because it's natural it suits him however bizarre is like it looks fantastic he is some kind of Fashion icon, so a fashion icon is a nice allocation meaning,
like, hmm, an icon.
Someone who is considered like a model for fashion or someone who sets the trend.
Exactly. Someone like Donatello Versace, there we go.
Oh Versace, yes, so for example Versace is an icon, so kind of like a symbol, a popular person, a model.
a fashion icon. And usually people who are well dressed, like everybody is amazed at their style, so this person becomes a fashion icon.
Maria is a fashion icon.
Well, yeah, I'm famous for my shoes and dresses, my hair colour.
My friend mixes formality with some rule -breaking color choices.
So, my friend could be dressed formally, but he has some bright colors.
So, he mixes style, formality with rule -breaking color choices or loud colors, bright colors like orange, pink, bright pink.
And this makes him look Standoffish.
Again, a synonym to stand out from the crowd.
Oh, as well, not quite.
Standoffish is more to do with being unapproachable and angry.
Oh yeah, yeah. So in a negative way.
Standoffish is negative.
It's informal, so behaving in a slightly unfriendly or too formal way.
And there are some people who are dressed so well, like you can't come up to them and say hello they're kind of too...
they're too cool and unapproachable.
unapproachable it's difficult for you to come up to this person and say hello someone who is unapproachable seems unfriendly and a little frightening so you don't want to speak to them.
i don't really know anyone like that.
you know have you ever been to fashion shows Rory There are so many people.
Well, there you go.
I have never been to a fashion show, so I have no idea.
They're dressed up so well and they're like, lots of them are unapproachable.
They're too cool in the style.
Why he gets dressed up like this?
So as for the reasons why he gets dressed up, get dressed up like this or so stylishly, I think that he has a very unique manner.
So, his unique style.
And we can say that my friend dresses in a very unique manner, so he dresses up well, he is good at choosing their clothes and it's an expression of his personality.
So he expresses his personality, he shows his personality through style and clothes.
And um, his style invites a lot of comments and conversations so people come up to him and say, oh wow, I like your jacket.
I like your bag. Or yesterday I bought two new bags.
What do they look like?
A piece of art. Your mother would love them.
So, yeah, his bags, for example, his bag is a piece of art.
You know, all handmade, beautiful, so people come up to him.
So it invites a lot of conversation.
Right, dear listener, thank you very much for listening.
Feel free to steal Rory's ideas and Steve.
And you can just change the name to Bob or Marlon or Maria.
So like, Rory, yeah like, oh my friend Rory has always been well -presented.
He wears only black t -shirts.
Oh, actually now Rory is wearing a white t -shirt, wow.
Yeah, so feel free to talk about Rory or Maria.
And we'll get back to you in our Speaking Path 3 about clothes.
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To tell you a bit more about how we knew each other, we met, oh at a party, in a forest where we lived, about, oh wow, well, about 20 years ago like I said, so...
we'd both have been teenagers at the time, I think, at least. Even back then, he stood out with a particularly Gothic look.
come to think of it I'm surprised we didn't lose him since he'd have blended into the surroundings fairly easily back then.
In more detail about what he wears, while it used to be typical goth attire with lots of dark shades and a huge amount of black involved, this evolved into a more formal punk kind of style, with lots of loud colours on relatively formal clothes like trousers and suit jackets.
If that sounds bizarre, well, that's because it is, and he's very easy to find in a crowd as a result.
But there's less blending in these days.
However, because it comes so naturally to him, it looks fantastic, like he's some sort of fashion icon, mixing formality with some rule -breaking colour choices.
Some people might think that would make him standoffish or unapproachable but he's actually one of the nicest people I know.
Even back when we were kids people called him a friendly goth and I can see why.
When it comes to the reasons he gets dressed up like this, I imagine it's the same reason that anyone dresses in a fairly unique manner.
It's an expression of his personality, which is very pro -social.
So it invites a lot of comment and conversation, which I think is exactly what he's after.
Um, if you didn't dress so well, I'm sure he'd still be a popular guy, but I suspect this makes his life a lot easier in that regard. And do your friends like this person?
The ones I've talked to about him do, yeah!
