The way you dress is like a billboard for the product you are offering to the world. Everything that you wear, the makeup that you put on or don’t put on, how you fashion your hair or shave it off, body piercing and tattoos are sending out a message to everyone else. Stop and look at your billboard. What is the message it’s sending?
Clothes don't make the man, but clothes have got many a man a good job.
--- Herbert Harold Vreeland
Do you dress like you care about where you are going in life and what you will be doing? There was one episode from the Seinfeld series that stuck with me. It featured George Castanza in a pair of track pants. I chuckle whenever I see someone out wearing them in a non-sporting environment like a shopping mall or the theatre. In the episode Jerry Seinfeld equates someone wearing sweat pants when they aren’t doing some form of sports or exercise to meaning they’ve given up. “They no longer believe they will attract a mate and now don’t take any pride in their appearance.”
Tell me if you have noticed this yourself. Someone will dress up all week for work but in the evenings or on weekends they dress down. I know men who don’t bother to shave on the weekends. What message are they sending to their partners? For coworkers and strangers they will attempt to look their best but for the people who are the most important to them, they can’t be bothered.
Your appearance should always be important to you. I’m not suggesting that you become a preening peacock and spend all your time primping but you should look presentable whenever possible. You’ve heard it a thousand times at least, “There is only one chance to make a good impression.” It is true. Hasn’t there been at least one time in your life when you wished you had worn something different?
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