Chapter 16 Shopping for Clothes课件.ppt

fraction 部分 specialize 专门从事，专卖 kilt 苏格兰短裙 contemporary 当代的 conservative 保守的 caution 小心、警告 pre-sell 预售 clue in 向...提供情况 Step 1: Know where to shop, and where to get the best pieces for your money. You want to spend your money wisely, but you have to know the ins and outs Step 2: Be careful of the quality of clothes in outlets store A lot of people believe in going to outlets to shop, because you can definitely find great things there. But you have to be careful because a lot of outlets stores get things made especially for them which are sort of a lesser quality than you would find in a department store. it is not the same quality as you could get in a department store. Step 3: Look for sales of department stores A lot of department stores have fabulous pieces that you can layer into your wardrobe. They would be totally attention-getting. You don’t want to spend a huge amount on them, but by the time they are in the last call, they are marked down three or four times and then they’re 50% off of that, so you are really getting a great piece for a total fraction of the cost. Step 4: Going to consignment shop to find different style of the clothes There are a lot of different types of consignment shops. Some are specializing on contemporary looks, some are specializing on conservative looks. So, you can find different styles of clothes. Step 5: Watch out for the prices Because sometimes the prices there are a lot higher for something that’s one or two years old in these consignment stores. If you don’t observe it ,You would be ending up paying more for an older item. Step 6: Get to know somebody at the stores that you like to shop Because they will clue you in about when the sales are going to happen and they will also pull items for you and hold them until they can ring them up and that’s called pre-sell. * * 16 Chapter Contents Useful