HOW YOUR PERSONAL STYLE IS ESSENTIAL TO YOUR SELF-ESTEEM

Have you ever noticed that having the right pair of jeans or a flattering dress in your wardrobe brings out a sense of confidence, the type of confidence that makes you want to take on the world? Putting on these pieces is integral to our self-esteem and becoming a representation of who we are.

You might think how such thing, a pair of textiles, can significantly impact the way of approaching yourself and the world?

Thanks to science we now have a further understanding of societies extreme and passionate interest in the way we express our personal style, introducing the term ‘Enclothed Cognition’- a term used to describe the logical influence clothes possess on us. An experiment has been carried out where three researchers wore a lab coat. The subjects were told that one was a medical doctor’s coat, the other a painter’s coat and one didn’t wear a coat. They established that attention increased towards the medical doctor’s coat, whereas attention did not increase while wearing the painter’s coats or no coats. This revealed that there are two factors that capture the miscellaneous impact clothes can have on a wearer- the symbolic meaning of the clothes and the physical appearance of wearing them.

Fashion is empowering to one’s physiological thinking. The importance of having the right clothing brings you success as your brain triggers the way you think of yourself, in a positive way and immensely influences the way others identify you. When you put on something that makes you feel good, you perform differently, you interact with the world differently and the way you communicate with others changes in a way that allows you to express yourself in a more courageous way.

Personally, I feel my most best and confident when I am wearing a nicely fitted pair of skinny jeans, a statement leather jacket and head-turning heels. It is a personal connection I create with my clothes where I am able to accentuate my own personality as well as try to create a different personality by what I am wearing.

Our wardrobes are full of storytelling commodities that reflect how we hold ourselves. Our wardrobes are platforms that allow us to accomplish our finest and be the best version of ourselves.

So, get out there, express yourself in a creative way that brings you freedom, confidence and allows you to be the person you want to be.

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