Shopping and fashion

find a staff, you can get lost – it‘s dangerous for small children. The prizes are higher. Normal shops, boutiques -- There is not everything in one shop, you have to go to more shops, you have to queue in every shop, there is lesser choice there, you are served, it’s cheaper, in the village it’s more familiar, there is often full so there is lack of space, it’s not open whole day or on weekends, old people can have a chat. I prefer department stores to ordinary shops. You have to visit a lot of shops and there are different goods in every shop. I choose something but don’t buy it and I go to another shop then I have to go back. You have better choice but it lasts very long. Department stores are the best If you want to buy only food I thing. You don’t have to go to bakery, butcher, fruit, etc. Also is different shopping in the town and in the village: town - many kinds of shops, you can choose one which is the best one, there is bigger competition - lower prices. Village - one shop dictates the prices, good relationships between customers and shop assistants, not enough chances for shopping, terrible duties, a little goods.
Shops try to influence customers -- Adverts, lower prizes, competitions, special offers – summer or winter reductions (slevy), customer can taste the food or try to drive a car, close-out-sales, special gifts for buying something. They put the most expensive things in the height of your eyes and cheaper goods somewhere down so you see the most expensive things first.
Shopping in our country x GB -- Czech Republic -- in the Czech Republic there are more possibilities for private shops and duties after revolution in 1989, shops aren’t only Czech, but also foreigner companies discovered our market for their business, we can meet with many foreigner shops (Makro, Bauhaus, Kauflland, Salamander...), our businessmen have to count with a big competition from abroad. It could be good for customers, because the Shopkeepers must keep the prices low, we can buy cloth in the boutiques, but there are all kinds of cloth very expensive, because those are originals. And in Great Britain -- Big supermarkets; out of the city; people do big shopping; they pay with credit cards not in cash, Tesco – supermarkets for not very rich people, the goods isn’t arranged very well, lower prices, Harold’s – for very rich people, you don’t see prizes, staff is very polite, dressed in special costumes, it has got long tradition, you have to be well dressed to get in, Marks & Spencer – clothes shop, not very expensive for English, Body shop – small shops, very expensive, cosmetics, natural products, not tasted on animals, nothing artificial, Boots – chemist’s, cosmetic, detergents, in the USA also some refreshment, One pound shop – very popular in GB, bad quality.


CLOTHES AND FASHION

People have different attitudes to fashion. They don´t care what they wear, others are very choosy what to wear. Some people buy ready-made clothes, others prefer to have them made. There are some people who want to be dressed according to the latest fashion. Some people don´t choose their dress with regard to the latst fashion, they apply a wait-and-see attitude and wear what suits them, what is healthy and what they can afford.
Different factors which have influenced the styles of clothing, such as geography, climate, poverty(chudoba) and wealth have played their role. We can also note how rich are people due to their clothes.
Fashion concernss not only clothes, but also hair style, make-up and accessories such as shoes, handbags, gloves, belts, hats, scarfs or jewellery and glasses.
Style, cuts, designs and lenght of clothes change very quicly because dressmaking has become big bussiness nowadays. Fashion often revert to older styles, what is horrible today, it can be fantastic in future. But the fashions never repeat themselves quite in the same way. We could note various types of necline (high or low, oval, V-neck, boat neck, tie or polo neck), and various cuts of sleeves (inset, raglan, dropped shoulder or batwing). The dress may have a classic line, A-line, or be straight, the waistline may be natural, high or low.
There is also variety of materials the dress can be made of – traditional natural materials such as cotton, wool, linen, silk… But everybody usually looks for first class, washable, non-iron, crease- and shrink-resistant fabric. Their design can be plain or patterned (flowered, geometric, striped, checked, dotted or spotted) and taken from whole spectrum of colours.
The way we dress also depends on our taste, on the season and the proper occasion. We should know what kind of accesories complement the dress and what colours match each other. In summer er erat light summer dresses, loose blouses with a low neckline and with short or without sleeves, skirts, crouped trousers, shorts or bermuda shorts and various T-shirts, and on our feet sandals, mules, slippers or plimsolls. When we go swimm we put on a swimming suit or trunks. In winter we need to wear something warm – suits, trousers, jeans, woolies, cardigans, polo neck sweaters, jumpers, anoraks and parkas, winter coats and jackets, sometimes a fur coat, gloves and mittens, caps, hoods, hats, scarfs and mufflers and boots.
On special occasions we like to be dressed properly too. We wear an evening dress when we go to the theatre. For sport we put on sports wear, such as a jeans, shorts, T-shirts, blazers, parkas, track suit, waterproof jacket or anorak and sports shoes . At home we like to feel comfortable, and so we prefer leisure wear – slacks, jeans and T-shirts. To school we wear something practical and plain. For workshop or cleaning jobs we must put on an apron, overall.
Special kinds of clothes are uniforms and costumes. Uniforms are worn by professional such as the police, the armed forces, health workers, sometimes workers of a certain firm. It is a still tradition in some schools in Britain to wear a school uniform. Costumes on the other hand reflect the style of a past time.They aren´t seen very often, only on special occasion. Scotsmen are well-known for their national costume.