ART OF DRESSING!

ART OF DRESSING …

What should I wear? A question as common as common flu and as tricky as which came first the egg or the chicken?Nowadays, Individuals of every age are very conscious about their outlook. I called this as ‘DRESSING DILEMMA’.

One Should Either Be A Work Of Art, Or Wear A Work Of Art.  ~Oscar Wilde.

Impressions Lasts Forever. First impressions are often long lasting. Like it or not, your appearance is the first thing that people see. You never get a second chance to make a first impression. The way you look says a lot about you. Those two familiar statements prove that everyone needs to realize the ‘Importance of Dressing’.

Dress is the reflection of the cultural improvement of the human society and establishes one’s position in society and expresses a person’s identity.

Dress is very important in this modern world to live with Honor and Dignity. A person with dirty dress is neglected in our fashionable society, however Big and Rich he is!

The way most people dress up is often dictated by norms and expectations. They always consider how they are going to appear in the eyes of other people, rather than the comfort that they get from their own style and fashion. 

Fashion usually dictates you wear what is new, what is in style and what is trendy. What is not in should be out. What is not popular should be trashed. And so when fashion experts announce that the color of the year is pink, everybody is expected to wear pink! Huge bags and over-sized hats are cool and so 21st century, so you have no right to wear regular hats and ordinary bags lest you be considered as so 70s, or worse, a fashion freak. Now, this is what I call fashion tyranny!

Nowadays people sacrifice their traditional dress in a show fashion of beauty or in any social function. In my opinion, an ethnic dress is the identity of a person. No one is entitled to down grade the traditional dress of any community or any country. A country is known by the nature of the people of the country and also by its traditional dress as well.

 Now, there is a, lot of difference between PERSONAL dressing and PROFFESSIONAL dressing.

Dressing in a professional manner can mean the difference between getting a promotion or being passed over. Assumptions are often made about your ability to perform at a high level or in a certain capacity, based on the way you’re dressed. When you dress professionally, you send a message to employers that you’re a capable applicant or employee.

A person can accept you or reject you in the first 30 seconds, based on appearance alone. Studies show inappropriate dressing or grooming causes 40 percent of job rejections. Gain an edge by dressing appropriately for the situation and making sure you are neatly groomed.

Whether you like it or not, you are judged based on your appearance. If you show up for an interview or an important meeting looking like you just rolled out of bed, then the person you are meeting with will likely see you as unprofessional, harming your chances of getting the job or making the sale.

Dressing professionally can make you feel better about yourself. Comfy sweats and T-shirts can create a relaxed, I-don’t-care kind of attitude. When you dress up in a suit, you tend to stand straighter and project more confidence, which people will respond to positively.

Professional dress is not the same for every situation. Khaki’s and polo can be appropriate professional attire for a fast-food job interview, while nothing less than a three-piece suit will do for an interview at a law firm.

 A good rule of thumb for interviews: always dress one step above what employees at that business wear to work.

It is not just clothes but professional dressing also includes grooming. Clean hair, face and hands, fresh breath and light, or no, perfumes or aftershaves create an important positive image to go along with your attire. 

Therefore, we can say that the social psychology of clothing behavior is changing with time to accommodate the status and universal beauty. The importance of dressing for individuality cannot be brushed aside. How we dress often defines our personality, age and fashion sense. Dressing up is supposed to be something that a person enjoys. When you select your clothes, you should feel good about them.

Carelessness In Dressing Is Moral Suicide. Clothes And Manners Do Not Make The Man; But, When He Is Made, They Greatly Improve His Appearance.

So, The Importance Of Proper Dressing Will Definitely Give You An Edge Over Others Professionally And Personally And You Will Definitely Seek Attention And Appreciation.

So, next time when you open your wardrobe for deciding which Dress to wear and face DRESSING DILEMMA, this article will be of great help!

Check out the video on ‘How to manage Under-dressed employee’ by expert Starala Siereno Trainer & Executive coach Fearlessness Inc.http://www.bnet.com/videos/how-to-approach-an-underdressed-employee-dodging-landmines/248430

HAPPY DRESSING!

AUTHOR-  MAMTA SHARMA.