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