What Not To Wear

How people perceive you has a lot to do with the way you dress. In an earlier blog, I mentioned that people form opinions on you in the first 3 minutes after they meet you. And since you are often what you wear, people will form opinions about you by the way you are dressed.

So what do you wear to work? As for work, most companies have some sort of (even if it is unwritten) rule on what you can wear and cannot wear at work. But what about when you are not at work? 

Are sweatshirts, jeans and sneakers your uniform of the weekend? Even if it just running to the store, you never know who you will run into while out doing errands, so it best to look somewhat put together. How about a denim jacket or blazer instead of a sweatshirt? Instead of wearing running shoes, how about putting on some loafers or some sort of shoe with a heel?

The key is not to borrow your spouses over sized stuff, give your clothes that you had in high school away (you know the stuff from the ‘80s?) and to wear clothes that are appropriate for your age, size and shape. Remember you are going to be perceived for what you wear. If you wear sweats with writing on the butt that says ‘juicy’, what does that say about you? Or if you tend to wear low cut shirts with lots of cleavage, again what does that say about you as a person? 

The saying used to be ‘you are what you eat’ well, that is still partially true, but it’s also true that ‘you are what you wear’!