Do you use clothing to your best advantage?

February 12, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

What Your Clothing Choices Say About You

Use fashion to your advantage, but don’t change who you are for other’s taste.

Your psychology and personal tastes determine your clothing choices, but how can you overcome key psychological issues that your wardrobe choices might be bringing to light in your everyday life? Or even at work?

How to use clothing to your advantage is usually a topic of conversation when I’m working with clients as their wardrobe stylist. But we do want to use clothing to our advantage such as when we are in the workplace we want to look confident right? Clothing talks and it tells people who you are and how you want to be perceived. It shows up in every part of our life, from sleeping, excersing; work, grocery shopping, date night and much more.

Clothing should be used to our advantage not against us.

In reality most people are a combination of clothing styles, wearing casual clothes one day and business garb the next. The key to using clothing to your advantage is to dress so you feel ready to take on the world.

In fact, experts have found that dressing in this way has a real impact on your mood and your outlook. Consider what you wear to the gym.

“Putting on a flattering outfit motivates people to actually go to the gym or to exercise outdoors in public,” says performance coach Larina Kase, PsyD, MBA, president of Performance and Success Coaching LLC in Philadelphia.

So what can you do to dress in a way that’s beneficial for you, your outlook and your attitude toward the world?

Learn How to Use Clothing to Your Best Advantage

Check out these 10 simple tips.

Wear clothing that’s flattering for your figure.

Remember that clothing doesn’t need to be expensive to look good.

Dress suitably for the occasion (business attire for work is a must).

Don’t be afraid to show your personality by using color, unique clothing cuts or accessories.

Do step outside of your fashion comfort zone sometimes. For instance, if you always dress in jeans and t-shirts, put on a well-tailored suit and see how it makes you feel.

Have fun with your clothing. Don’t take it too seriously.

Only wear clothing that makes you feel good.

Get rid of clothes that you associate negative things with (such as the sweatshirt you wore for a month after your divorce, or the sweater you put on when you have a cold).

Do get “dressed” daily. It’s easy to slip into a pattern of throwing on anything, particularly when you’re not planning to go out anywhere special. However, this can set your mood to expect a monotonous, ho-hum day. Try putting on something special even when it’s not a “special” day, and take notice of the change in your attitude.

Don’t worry about keeping up with trends, but do update your clothing regularly (and get rid of items from past decades).

Ready for a closet makeover? Style Makeover?

I’d love to help, please contact me for my individual and group services. I also offer speaking topics on image and style, be sure to ask me how I can enhance your next meeting!

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What Your Clothing Choices Say About You

Use fashion to your advantage, but don’t change who you are for other’s taste.

Learn How to Use Clothing to Your Best Advantage

Check out these 10 simple tips.

Ready for a closet makeover? Style Makeover?

Reader Interactions

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JoAnne, LinkedIn Strategist

Dorianne, Account Coordinator

Shannon, Engineer

Kelly, SVP

Sheila Gothmam, Nonprofit Executive

Steve Blexrud, Generation Group

Kari Bjorhus, VP Global Communications

Kathleen Watson, Entrepreneur

Beverly Nowakowski, Photographer

Kelsey P., Marketing Associate

Reid Kirby, Principle, Preneur.Media LLC.

Lori Lance, Managing Partner of AEEB, Inc.

Darla Preble, CEO Health Care

Katie O’Hearn, Supervisor

Tamie Ward, Book Keeping with QuickBooks!, TLW & Associates, Inc.

Cindy Ojczyk (“o-check”), Interior Designer

Dara Beevas, Author & Speaker

Lori L., Armbruster Employee Benefits

Kelsie Brust, Litigation Contractor, Medtronic

Louise Griffith, Author of “You Are Worth It

Wendy Blomseth, Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal

Tasha Soundara , President of Twin Cities Women’s Council of Realtors

Christine Clifford, CEO/President of Divorcing Divas, Author of Let’s CLOSE a DEAL! Turn Contacts Into Paying Customers for Your Company, Product, Service or Cause

Lisa Saline, President Metro Chapter, Mainstreet Chamber

Susan Fronk President, Twin Cities Chapter, MainStreet Chamber

Rebecca Metz Owner, Modern Inconveniences

Dean Dirkes VP of Commercial Lending CMCU

Gayle Cartier, Entrepreneur

Vitalia Bryn Pundyk, M.ED./DTM, Power Talk Seminars, LLC

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