A1 Level – Elementary
1. Do you like new clothes?
2. What is a red shirt?
3. Do you wear warm coats?
4. What is a pair of shoes?
5. Do you like simple styles?
6. What is a favorite color?
7. Do you wear hats?
8. What is a soft material?
9. Do you think clothes are expensive?
10. What is a school uniform?
11. Do you buy clothes often?
12. What is a clean dress?
13. Do you follow fashion?
14. What are three things you wear every day?
15. Do you think clothes are important?
A2 Level – Pre-Intermediate
1. What is the difference between clothing and fashion?
2. Why do people wear different clothes for different events?
3. What are the good things and bad things about uniforms?
4. How can a person choose clothes that suit them?
5. Should all schools require students to wear a uniform?
6. Why is it important to wear comfortable clothes for work?
7. Do you think clothes affect a person’s confidence?
8. What is the purpose of wearing brightly colored clothes?
9. How does technology change how clothes are designed?
10. What is the difference between durable and disposable clothing?
11. Do you think people buy too many clothes now?
12. What are the problems when clothes are made with child labor?
13. When is the best time to buy winter clothes cheaply?
14. What are two things that make clothes sustainable?
15. How does the type of clothes you wear affect first impressions?
B1 Level – Intermediate
1. What are the rules for politely telling a friend their clothes are stained?
2. How does the manufacturing of clothes affect the environment?
3. Should the government ban companies from destroying unsold clothes?
4. What is the difference between clothes as identity and clothes as function?
5. Do you believe that buying secondhand clothes is a good idea?
6. What are the challenges of buying clothes online without trying them on?
7. How does the focus on quick fashion affect the quality of materials?
8. What is the idea of “capsule wardrobe”?
9. Is it fair or unfair when some jobs require very expensive, formal clothing?
10. How does a lack of affordable clothing affect poor people?
11. What are the steps for properly washing clothes to make them last longer?
12. What is the value of repairing and altering old clothes?
13. Should public media criticize the “fast fashion” industry?
14. What are the reasons why some people wear the same simple clothes every day?
15. How does the clothing style of a country change over many decades?
B2 Level – Upper-Intermediate
1. What are the social pressures to follow every new fashion trend?
2. What are the moral problems when companies do not pay their workers fairly to make clothes?
3. How does constant social media showing of new outfits affect people’s feeling of need?
4. Should clothing companies be legally required to label the carbon footprint of their products?
5. Analyze the psychological effect of wearing clothes that you know are unethically made.
6. Who is responsible for finding ways to recycle or reuse old textiles?
7. What is your view on the practice of deliberately making clothes look old or torn?
8. Evaluate the role of private companies in promoting sustainable and ethical fashion.
9. How does the concept of “unisex clothing” affect gender identity?
10. Discuss the concept of “cultural appropriation” in fashion design.
11. What are the problems with having very different sizing standards in different countries?
12. What are the legal differences between general advertising and misleading claims about sustainability?
13. Do you agree that the purpose of clothing is mainly to express personality?
14. What steps should be taken to ensure that clothes are safe (non-flammable, non-toxic)?
15. How does the cost of clothing affect a person’s ability to interview for a high-paying job?
C1 Level – Advanced
1. Is it fair that the environmental cost of “fast fashion” is paid by the whole world?
2. What is the right way to think about a government’s moral duty to protect workers in overseas factories?
3. How do the platform’s algorithms influence the type of quickly changing fashion trends that go viral?
4. When should the government consider mandatory limits on the number of new clothing lines a company can produce?
5. What are the moral questions when we talk about using very cheap synthetic materials that increase microplastic pollution?
6. How does the focus on immediate trends affect the long-term, necessary investment in durable, ethical materials?
7. Discuss the impact of major factory disasters on the public’s awareness of labor conditions.
8. How should leaders use tax incentives to promote the repair and resale of clothing?
9. What is the idea of “slow fashion” and its challenge to the mass market?
10. What are the long-term effects on society when children grow up seeing clothing as purely disposable?
11. What are the difficulties when courts try to decide if a designer has stolen another person’s unique clothing idea?
12. How does the search for total individuality conflict with the need for easily accessible, affordable clothing?
13. Do you agree that the most important thing is the ethical sourcing and production of the materials?
14. What are the simple moral rules a person should follow when they benefit from extremely cheap clothes?
15. Should the government set a legal minimum for the amount of recycled textile content in new clothing?
C2 Level – Proficiency
1. What is the real difference between a person’s chosen fashion identity and their innate personal characteristics?
2. Debate the idea: Should we completely eliminate the concept of seasonal fashion to promote sustainability?
3. How does the concept of “self-expression” change when all clothing is mass-produced?
4. What laws or rules are needed to control how technology platforms use images of clothing to promote overconsumption?
5. How do historical views of class and status affect modern judgment based on clothing labels?
6. How can communities maintain their unique textile traditions when global manufacturing dominates?
7. Argue the point that humans should stop all attempts to control what others wear and focus on individual comfort.
8. What protection should laws give to employees who report unsafe working conditions in garment factories?
9. How can we stop the problem of using the argument of “affordability” to excuse unethical labor practices?
10. What did old thinkers say about modesty, vanity, and the social function of clothing that is still important today?
11. What will happen to the need for human designers if AI can perfectly create and customize clothing designs?
12. How do people use the idea of “personal style” to avoid discussing the ethical footprint of their clothes?
13. How does the experience of repairing an old piece of clothing improve a person’s connection to the item?
14. What is the power of a collective movement to force global brands to increase transparency in their supply chains?
15. If scientists could create a perfect, shape-shifting material that can change color and style instantly, how would that fundamentally change the fashion industry?
