Price Range for Clothes

Todd: Okay, so I'm here with Jen and we're talking about clothing. Now, Jen, I'm a bit older than you, so I probably don't really care about what I wear so much. I always kind of pay the same price for my clothing. So I'm wondering, what's it like for a younger person? How much are you willing to pay? What is your price range?

Jen: It depends upon like what you're buying. For example, if it's a pair of jeans then I would pay around 4,000 yen, that's Japanese yen. $40?

Todd: Oh really? That's still relatively cheap. Like some people pay like $100, right? Or $200.

Jen: I don't think I would ever pay that much because I'm a student right now,so paying more than that would be something I wouldn't do.

Todd: Well what about in your home country of Nepal? How much would people pay for pants there?

Jen: In Nepal, like compared to Japan, it's really cheap there. You can actually get a really decent pant in 1,500 yen.

Todd: That's like $15.

Jen: Yes.

Todd: Around. Oh that's good. What's the cheapest you would pay? I mean, I guess you could get stuff for free, but what's the lowest you pay for clothes? Or for pants? For pants?

Jen: Okay, so sometimes when there's a sale and especially if there's shorts then you can just get it for like 500 yen.

Todd: Oh wow. Five bucks.

Jen: Like five bucks, yeah.

Todd: That's good. Now what about shoes? Do you have a lot of shoes?

Jen: Yes I do.

Todd: Okay, for some people like shoes they spend a lot of money on shoes. I have a rule, unless it's dress shoes for work, I don't like to spend anything over $100. If it's athletic shoes, like sneakers, never more than $50. Ever.

Jen: Okay.

Todd: Like how much do you on average pay for shoes?

Jen: I think it's different for girls, because our shoes range from $10 to, you know, a lot of money.

Todd: What's the most you've ever paid for a pair of shoes?

Jen: $100.

Todd: Oh really? That's not too bad.

Jen: Yeah, it's not bad at all.

Todd: Yeah, no, that's good. Kind of good range. How about the cheapest? Five bucks?

Jen: Not five bucks, maybe 10 bucks, yeah.

Todd: 10 bucks, yeah. All right. I don't even know if I could find shoes for five dollars. They'd fall apart, right?

Jen: You can, though.

Todd: Oh yeah?

Jen: Yeah. On sale you can even get it in like three bucks.

Todd: Okay. That brings up a good question because we're talking about shoes. How important is fashion for you? Are you willing to wear uncomfortable clothing to look good?

Jen: Not always, because I really like comfort. I would rather wear pajamas and go out than, like you know, wear something really uncomfortable. But it depends, like if you're going to a party then you would obviously want to look good and wouldn't really care about comfort much. But in a daily basis, I would go for comfort always.

Todd: Okay. Nice. How about for example, jewelry? Do you like to wear necklaces, earrings, rings, things like that?

Jen: No, I'm not much of an accessories person.

Todd: Okay. Now in your home country, Nepal, is it common for people to wear a lot of jewelry?

Jen: Yes, they do.

Todd: Oh yeah? Oh, okay. What do people like to wear?

Jen: Everyone prefers gold I guess, because it's like people think that if you wear gold then you are rich. And yeah, gold, silver, and some wear diamonds.

Todd: Okay, nice. Nice. I don't have any jewelry, I don't think. Oh wow, I didn't even realize that. I don't have one piece of jewelry.

Jen: Really?

Todd: Yeah, I have no rings. No necklaces. I have a broken watch. But yeah.

Jen: Don't you ever feel like buying one though? Don't you ever follow a trend and thought about piercing your ears or something?

Todd: That would be interesting, piercing my ears. You know, when I was your age, which was about over 20 years ago, it was just starting to happen that boys or men would pierce their ears. But it was a bit controversial, it wasn't like it's common now. So yeah.

Jen: What about necklaces?

Todd: Yeah, I used to have a necklace, yeah. And I just stopped wearing them, it's just not a thing. Yeah. How about you? Would you like to have piercings? Like do you have, you have earrings, right?

Jen: Yes, I do, but I rarely use them because at some point it's just hurts and you just feel like you don't really need it, so yeah.

Todd: What about in your country, do people have piercings in different places like eyelids or lips or ... ? Like a nose ring?

Jen: Yeah, they have nose ring and then they also pierce their ears, like in so many different places. But I've never really seen anyone really piercing their eyelids or stuff. I would want to pierce my-

Todd: Belly button? The belly button?

Jen: Yes.

Todd: Oh my gosh, that looks like it would hurt.

Jen: I know-

Todd: So much.

Jen: -but I really want to do it.

Todd: Really? All right, well, just be careful.

Jen: Okay, I will