One study showed that it is possible to find out a lot about one's personality, status, age and income just by looking at a picture of one's shoes.
In this context, the phrase, "Always dress for success" takes on a different, very practical meaning.
# 1 - Unusual clothes make you look more competent
People who wear clothes that may be considered inappropriate for the work they do can actually have a better image and be seen as specialists in their work.
The researchers called this the “red sneaker effect.” The result was based on a group of students who considered a red sneaker professor more competent than another professor.
# 2 - Certain clothing styles enhance creative thinking
Formal dress, as one study found, enhances our abstract thinking. This is explained by the fact that professional clothes create a certain social distancing and when people are further away from society, they tend to think in more distant terms and find more creative solutions.
# 3 - Your style helps you present yourself properly
You should not try to get into a stereotypical image of what your clothes should look like in the eyes of your employers. Instead, you should dress in a way that you think will expose you to the best light possible.
# 4 - Dressing appropriately for where you are makes you feel more attentive
In one experiment, people who wore lab uniforms made fewer mistakes at work than those without uniforms.
# 5 - Your dress can mean something to your goals
People process visual details without thinking much about them through a process called "thin-slicing". Our brain basically makes judgments in milliseconds, and we create impressions about different things. So while our clothes make up the bulk of our visual presentation, we need to choose them carefully to show what goals we want to achieve.
For example, as specialists say, rolling up your sleeves will speak to your determination to get things done and get things done.
Burimi: Science Direct, Bright Side
