You wear your clothes according to your activities, but do you know what your clothes say about you?
1. Different colour clothing says different things about you. Most interesting is that studies show red has some pretty unique effects. For the most part, red seems to mean sex. Research shows it makes men more attractive to women. It makes women more attractive to men. It helps hitchhikers get picked up. Red conveys energy, passion.
According to a report in Time. Black shows you’re serious and that you won’t take no for an answer.White exudes honesty and innocence, which is why defendants often choose it in the courtroom.
Blue emits trust. The darker the shade, the deeper the level of trust it elicits.Grey is a good neutral, the quintessential colour of business.
Orange and yellow are not recommended as they are the first to attract the human eye, they are also the first to tire it.
2. Dressing young can make you healthier. Women who think they look younger after having their hair coloured/cut show a decrease in blood pressure and appear younger in photographs. Clothing is an age-related cue. Uniforms eliminate these age-related cues: Those who wear work uniforms have lower morbidity than do those who earn the same amount of money and do not wear work uniforms.
Baldness indicates old age. Prematurely bald men have an excess risk of getting prostate cancer and coronary heart disease than men who do not prematurely bald. Glasses make you look smarter but less attractive. How a female celebrity dresses can tell you how short her marriage will be.
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3. You like brand name clothes because they make you seem high status and this will cause people to treat you better. Luxury consumption enhances status and produces benefits in social interactions. Across seven experiments, displays of luxury — manipulated through brand labels on clothes — elicited different kinds of preferential treatment, which even resulted in financial benefits to people who engaged in conspicuous consumption.
4. Dark clothes = neurotic. Formal dress = conscientious. Messy and unconventional clothing = open to new things. Cleavage and expensive clothes = narcissism in women.
5. You trust doctors more when they wear the white coat. You like musicians’ music more when they dress the way you expect them to. By the same token, so choose your clothes wisely when you need to perform at your best.
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Your clothes also display your-
Self-esteem: how you dress is your love of self-made tangible to the world.
Self-respect: Not only what you wear but how you wear it shows how much respect you have for yourself. Not many people are the “perfect shape or size” but those who respect themselves minimise weaknesses and maximise strengths.
Confidence: Even if you aren’t confident, you can use clothes to fake confidence that you lack.
Organisational skills: A neat and orderly uniform can portray how analytical you are or it can at least help you create an image of being organised.
Soundness of judgement: Knowing what is appropriate to wear shows maturity and respect for clients and co-workers.
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