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Dress for Success – Dressing Skills
Dressing is a way of life! Explain.
“Dressing is a way oflife” is a popular quoteby designer Yves SaintLaurent.
Looking good anddressing well has nowbecome a necessity.
If beauty is ten, nine ofit is dressing.
What is important in adress is also theperson who is wearingit.
Yves Saint Laurent
Dressing up well certainly/surely makes us more
confident. It also helps create a favorable first
impression. Whether we are going for an
interview or a party, good dressing does help
create a lasting impression on others. Clothing is
the primary instrument in creating positive first
impressions.
Even after the first impression is over your
clothing can help improve people’s reactions to
you. Society is very visually-based, and better-
dressed men routinely experience better
treatment and service than others.
We feel good about ourselves if we are dressed
The requirements of dressing sharp teachesresponsibility. Caring for your appearance anddressing will surely make you a responsible person inthe long run.
A good dresser notices details in others.
Dressing sharp also makes you more useful as anindividual and even at work. It doesn’t matter whatyour job happens to be and who you’re working for, oreven if you’re your own boss — if you’re well enoughdressed that you can step away from work and into ameeting with a client, customer, or supervisor withoutadvance preparation, you’re more useful. Having thecasual, day-to-day presentation to step into anysituation and look respectable is a huge advantage inthe working world.
Conclusion:
It is therefore very
important to learn about
dressing and about how
we can present
ourselves.
You cannot climb the
ladder of success
dressed in the costume of
failure. Dress for success,
image is very important
and people judge you by
your dressing sense and
style. Dressing is truly a
way of life!
What do you mean by attire?
In simple words, attire means clothing, apparel orthe costume we wear or put on.
We define attire as fine elegant clothes indistinctive style for a particular occasion.(Definition)
There are many kinds of attire:
Business Professional Attire
Business Casual Attire
Formal Attire
Semi Formal Attire
Casual Attire
Semi Formal Attire
Semi Formal Attire as clothing is more dressy than
everyday or business attire, but not so formal as to
include tuxedos or fancy gowns. It is a very flexible form
of attire and depends and varies for situation to situation.
Semi-formal dress is still considered formal wear. What
type of clothing is appropriate for a semi-formal event
also often depends on the event itself; semi-formal attire
for a daytime wedding can be different from that worn to
an evening business event or a party.
For men, semi-formal attire typically means a dark suit
and tie, while for women, it can include a cocktail dress
or dressy suit.
Examples of Semi Formal
Attire
For Men For Women
Formal Attire
We define Formal attire as the formal dress orclothing suitable for formal social events, such asa wedding, formal party or dinner, dance party,etc.
Formal wear in some countries is also termed asEvening wear.
The Western style of formal evening dress,characterized by black and white garments, hasspread through many countries; it is almostalways the standard formal social dress incountries without a formal national costume.
Indian formal wear examples include saree,sherwani, dhoti, salwar kameez, etc.
Examples of Tuxedo
Formal Attire (Gown &
Tuxedos)
Business Attire
Business Attire includes business suits and dressshirts for both men and women. Dress shoes arerequired, and men should wear ties when formalbusiness attire is requested.
The business attire rules are a bit different for womenin some ways. They can also wear skirts and businesssuits. Closed toed and closed heeled shoes areexpected, and skirts should never be too short orblouses too deep. Translucent shirts through being infashion are strictly not allowed.
Business Attire is further divided into ProfessionalBusiness Attire and Casual Business Attire.
Definition: Business attire refers to the clothing thatemployees wear to work.
Business Attire is always worn according to jobfunction and company culture and work place.
Informal Attire
By the term Informal Attire we mean more formal than casual
but less formal than semi-formal attire. (Definition)
Informal attire, also called international business
attire or Western business attire.
Informal attire consists of, for men, a suit, the main
components of which are a pair of trousers with a
matching jacket. The suit is typically dark-colored (with or
without a pattern), grey, dark blue, brown, or black. The suit is
worn with a long-sleeved shirt and a tie or a polo shirt with
dress pants.
Informal attire for women in its strictest interpretation is
patterned after the male standard — a suit consisting of a
jacket with matching skirt or trousers, plus a blouse/shirt. This
interpretation of informal attire is not quite so commonly worn
by women as by men, as there are other forms of female attire
Business Attire (Professional & Casual)
We define ProfessionalBusiness Attire as conservativeclothing to portray(show/represent) yourself in aprofessional manner.
Careers that may requirebusiness professional dress ona daily basis include finance,accounting and organizationsthat have a strict dress codepolicy.
Women can wear a skirt orpants suit, trousers with heelswhile men may wear a blazeror suit jacket, button downshirt, suit pants, a tie and dressshoes.
We define Casual BusinessAttire as the dress code whenwe dress semi formally,presentable office wearclothes.
However, it does not call forcasual attire such as jeans andT-shirts. Women typically weara collared shirt or sweater withdress pants and dress shoesor boots.
Conservative dresses andskirts are also acceptableattire. A man’s option forbusiness casual includes apolo shirt, collared shirt orsweater. Khaki or dress pantsalong with dress shoes makeup his business casual outfit.
Professional Business
AttireCasual Business Attire
Examples
Professional Business Attire Casual Business Attire
Casual Attire
We define Casual Attire asan attire that is acceptableat informal functions andemphasizes comfort yet isnot distracting.
Blue jeans and a T-shirt has been describedas the "casual uniform“.
Office wear casual alsoincludes shirt and jeans.For women it is kurti andlegging or jeans.
Definition and Meaning: Example of Casual Attire