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Those emotions, sensations and mood that you evoke in the people around you are directly related to clothes.
The human brain is designed in such a way that in the first few seconds it forms its opinion about a person. This is called the first impression effect. This first impression is formed mainly involuntarily, subconsciously - you will not even have time to understand that the brain has already drawn conclusions and given its signals, which in consequence will affect communication, trust, and sympathy in general.
The first impression is influenced by several factors:
Despite the fact that we have identified 4 factors that affect the formation of the first impression, it is the appearance of the interlocutor that plays a particularly important role and says much more about you than you think. After all, it is not in vain that a proverb was formed about what is met by clothes - this is really so.
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The appearance is understood:
Hair and makeup are topics for a separate conversation, and today we will focus on clothes and tell you what opinion different outfits form and how to correct the opinion about yourself with the help of the right images.
Let's start right away with a small test – look at the photo below and answer the question of who you would be more likely to choose for the position of nanny for a child. Of course, we are talking only about visual perception, and not about professional competencies.
Agree that the girl on the right is not particularly associated with a nanny for a child and the point here is not in the very presence of the costume, but in its lines.
All lines in clothing can be divided into 3 groups:
Each of the groups is responsible for its own emotions and impressions.
Clear, straight, often symmetrical lines are associated with reliability, efficiency, punctuality. In most cases, a person creates an impression of himself stable, balanced, decent.
@selected_official
No wonder business people, politicians, businessmen choose suits for their working outfits - they work perfectly on the first impression and help in negotiations, business meetings, transactions.
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Of course, this doesn't just apply to costumes. Women who want to form the impression of a businesslike, stable person can wear dresses. The most successful style is a dress case or pencil, which has clear, straight and clear lines.
Because of the first impression, it is important to carefully build business images in other styles like academic or smart-casual - they are devoid of clarity and therefore weaken the expression of the opinion that you are a business and enterprising person.
Despite the fact that this category of lines, like the previous one, is not devoid of clarity, in combination with angularity, rigidity and asymmetry, they cause a completely opposite impression. Most often it is:
Girls and men, in images built on such lines, are often associated with vague and slightly sublime, detached representatives of creative professions - designers, fashion designers, stylists, photographers.
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If the image is built on soft, rounded lines, then most likely it will form an opinion about you as a person who is light, a little infantile, carefree. Sometimes this can associate you not with the most pleasant characteristics – irresponsibility, impermanence, frivolity.
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This rules work for hairstyles or makeup:
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You may never have thought about it, but the density of the tissue also affects what emotions you evoke in the people around you.
All fabrics, despite their diversity, are divided into:
Dense tissues include drape, gabardine, tweed, denim. To the lungs - silk, satin, silk, organza and others.
Dense tissues, oddly enough, are associated with the masculine principle and all the characteristics arising from this - self-sufficiency, stress resistance, determination, discipline.
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Light tissues work exactly the opposite - they talk about ease, emotionality, naivety, a tendency to hasty decisions.
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Of course, the fabric itself "doesn't work." You will not be able to wear a sun skirt with soft lines or a suit in a pajama style with clear lines and expect that the interlocutor will perceive you as a serious businessman. For the impression to work for you, it is important to observe the correspondence between the fabrics and the lines.
Color and its influence on perception is such a huge topic that dozens of books, scientific papers and thousands of studies have been written on it. We will try to reflect only the most basic points of color perception.
Black, in addition to being mourning for many, is recognized as business and official in almost all developed countries. Of course, we can not say that a black tracksuit instantly turns you into a businessman - we are talking about its use in the context of business style.
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Black color in clothing says:
As you can see, the characteristic of the color is ambiguous. Together with confidence, it can broadcast aggressiveness or cause pity. This is one of the reasons why black business suits began to be chosen less often – the wrong message. They were replaced by gray, dark blue, brown.
White, if it is not combined with black, speaks of safety and reliability, disposes, forms the first makings of trust. It's all about associations – white, as a symbol of purity, immaculateness, openness, freedom.
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White color in its pure form goes to units, so in the wardrobe use it in different shades according to the color type of appearance - milk, ivory, white-gray, white-beige and others.
In the context of different situations and the image as a whole, red can be associated with:
@maxmara
Red color is not recommended for those who work in a team - this causes rejection. It is permissible for company managers, directors and businesswomen to use red, but preferably not in total bows, but as an accent.
Pink is soft, feminine, romantic, light. Perfectly combined with soft lines, streamlined silhouettes. Quite a positive, positive color, but plays "against" if you do not need romance and ease.
@chanelofficial
Despite the variety of pink business suits, office dresses and skirts, they are not recommended for those who want to show their status and solidity.
The green color will play into your hands if it is important to inspire trust, smooth out the emotional background in the conversation, and win over others. Interestingly, with an abundance of green, it may indicate laziness and inability to make decisions.
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An excellent option for using green color is accents. Appropriate for a business meeting will be a green blazer or handbag, for a romantic image you can choose shoes or a cardigan.
Blue is one of the best colors for business people, as it gives you a reasonable person. For creative girls, it is also suitable - it will tell about serenity, originality.
@COS
But be careful – the wrong shade of blue can be too detached and "cold", and this does not dispose people.
Yellow, contrary to a common misconception, is not at all a herald of separation, but a bright and optimistic color. It will help if you want to form an opinion of an educated, clear-thinking, able to make a decision of a person.
@maxmara
But, as in the case of green, an excess of yellow suppresses, that is, causes mixed, contradictory emotions, so total yellow is not the best option for a monochrome bow.
The frequent color of business suits in reality does not always help to convey officialdom. Gray works in contrast to yellow - causes associations with gloomy weather, rain and slush, boredom. If you like gray color in clothes - dilute it with bright accents.
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Brown is a great color for any occasion. It carries the message of reliability, but does not "weigh down" the perception. Equally good for business, romantic, creative people. Does not contradict itself even in excess - total bows with its use can be made without fear.
@massimodutti
Accessories and their placement also contribute to the formation of the first impression. Not as much as the colors or lines, but still.
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All of the above characteristics are what emotions are evoked by certain things, colors and silhouettes, but not in any case a personality characteristic. If you wear red, it does not mean that you are aggressive, but others may have such an impression. So that people do not form erroneous opinions about you, choose clothes in accordance with what message comes from it.
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Do not try to create a light romantic image with a business suit or vice versa – try to inspire confidence and show status in an oversize tracksuit. Make bows correctly and then you will think about you what you want.
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