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Today, I'm going to talk about clothes and fashion.

This is a topic that I don't really like that much, but
it's an important one. Everybody ______ (1)
clothes and everybody has some kind of fashion or
lack of fashion. I might be one of those people that
lacks fashion, but we'll get into that in a minute.

First, let's talk about when we first develop our

own fashion sense and take it seriously. For me,
this was around the time when I was in middle
school.

Middle school is when I started paying attention to

what kind of clothes I was wearing, what brands,
what _______ (2) and what colors. One of the first
phases that I went through was the one where I
wore really baggy clothes.

Baggy clothes are clothes that are too big for you
and they come down lower than normal clothes.
My _______ (3) were too long and my ______ (4)
weren't pulled up high enough.
It wasn't a good phase for me, I'm sure many of
you can remember going through something like
this when you were young. If we look back at our
middle school pictures, some of us would be
horrified, so once I got into high school my style
changed because I started playing more
basketball.

Thus, I started buying all kinds of Air Jordans,

Nikes and other brands of basketball _______ (5).
I used to _______ (6) the color of my shoes with the
color of my shirts. I was super color-coordinated.

Then, after that, I ditched the basketball phase and

I started wearing more _______ (7) clothes, and
then finally by the time I started college I'd stopped
caring so much about what clothes I wore.

Nowadays, I'm the least stylish person you'll meet.

I wear what's __________ (8) and I don't have many
clothes. So, now let's talk about some of the
popular clothing stores that are out there.
Back when I was 17, I got my first job at a clothing
store called Hollister. Some of you might know this
store actually, it was really popular back in my high
school days, but I don't know how popular it is
now.

Now when I go shopping, I either go to stores like

H&M or I go to department stores like JCPenney.
Department stores are really big stores that sell all
kinds of clothes, jewelry electronics and other
things from many different brands. I like these
stores because they have a huge selection of
clothes.

Some of the most popular athletic clothing stores

in the US include Nike, Footlocker and Dick's
Sporting Goods. For women Forever21, Sada and
Abercrombie & Fitch are some of the popular
stores. Do you have these stores in your country?

In the US, most popular clothing stores are found

in shopping malls. Here we just call them malls.
You can find malls everywhere in the U.S. I think
most of them are indoor malls but there are plenty
of outdoor malls too.
I'm not a big fan of malls but there are definitely
times when I need to go there to buy something
and during the Christmas season, I have to spend
much more time at the mall _________ (9) for
everyone.

Ok, that's all for today. Leave a comment and tell

me what your favorite clothing store is. I'll see you
next time.