We've long heard that you should dress the part--if you aspire to be the company executive, dress like one. Research now confirms this belief: what you wear does affect how you feel about yourself and how you act.
Northwestern University psychologists Hajo Adam and Adam Galinsky recently published these findings in the Journal of Experimental Psychology.
Read more here in the study report: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022103112000200
or here in the New York Times article about it: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/science/clothes-and-self-perception.html?_r=2
I think this study gives even more credence to the value of thinking and talking about clothing: what we wear matters more than we think it does.
What outfit do you have that makes you feel confident?
Northwestern University psychologists Hajo Adam and Adam Galinsky recently published these findings in the Journal of Experimental Psychology.
Read more here in the study report: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022103112000200
or here in the New York Times article about it: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/science/clothes-and-self-perception.html?_r=2
I think this study gives even more credence to the value of thinking and talking about clothing: what we wear matters more than we think it does.
What outfit do you have that makes you feel confident?
Banana Republic beige stripe lightweight wool blazer, $69.99
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