10. Your friend is fond of shopping. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of having clothes made to order.

• Hello, Natalie! So nice to meet you!

• Hi, Dmitry! I’m glad to see you too!

• What are you doing here?

• I’m trying to choose something special. My father invited me to his birthday party and I should look as a queen.

• You really should! But why do you try to find something special in this mall?

• What do you mean?

• I mean it will be a fiasco.

• Why?

• How can you find something special if it was done in a thousand of copies?

• And was the decision?

• Made-to-order clothes.

• Oh I don’t think it’s a nice decision.

• Why do you think so?

• First of all it’s very difficult to find a good tailor. You need to collect the recommendations and compare all this and conclude... It’s a very long process.

• I don’t think so. As a usual girl I always talk with my friends and relatives and I’m sure I’ll be able to find somebody who will be recommended.

• After that you should go to your tailor to order a dress. And you should have enough talent to imagine what you want and especially to explain it!

• It’s not the problem. Your tailor will give you a few pictures or even make a sketch of your dress. But it will be unique!

• Why do you think originality is so important? I may find something nice in the shop - it will be suitable and you may have it very fast!

• But will it suit you as well? How often did you face with the situation of too long skirt of your dress, or a few folds on the sides, or stuff like that?

• Yes, I always notice that dress will be perfect if there are no folds or a little wider at the sides or at sleeves.

• And with made-to-order clothes you will never face with this!

• But I will spend so much time on fittings!

• But each time your dress will be made a few alterations and it will become better and better!

• Oh may be you’re right. Can you advise me a nice tailor?

• Certainly.

11. Discuss with your partner how once you went to the tailor to order a fancy dress.

• Hello, Svetlana!

• Hello, Natalie! I’m glad to see you.

• I’m glad to see you too.

• You perfectly look today! This fancy dress to suit you very much.

• Actually it is pleasant to you?

• Yes, of course.

• Thank you! My diligence hasn’t passed for anything.

• Where did you take it?

• I’ve been to my tailor’s to order the fancy dress.

• Oh, really? Why did you decide to order the dress at tailor’s?

• I needed something unique for my friend’s wedding party.

• Who advised you to go to this tailor?

• My granny did. It’s her tailor.

• How much time did you go to your tailor?

• First of all I came to order and discuss my future dress. Tailor took my measurements and started to create patterns.

• Very nice. Your dress is totally unique.

• After that I came to the next fitting and we chose the fabric and the findings. During a week my tailor had been compiling the parts of my dress and after that I came to the second fitting.

• Did you like your dress when it was compiled?

• To be honest I was disappointed. But Kate made a few alterations and asked me to wait a week and came to another fitting.

• It was a restless week, wasn’t it?

• Of course. But when I came to the fitting and put on my dress... It was amazing and I was amazing in it too. It was perfect.

• Hope you will be like a queen at this party!

• I too, thank you!