That’s right, and any other brand that you can think of as well! This cunning old fellow is ready to do anything to convince us that wearing a certain piece of cloth, shoes or accessories, help us express our personalities and stand out among the others. It probably feels quite right for all those people who have acquired fashion as a religion, and circling shopping centers as a way of life. Still, what we see on the models is not what we are going to get as a result of us since we simply wear the clothes and not just modeling them.
Nonetheless, we all care how we look like, and how the other people accept us. That gorgeous dress or glamorous suit can make a sparkling first impression which sometimes may last for some seconds only. Actually, there will be nothing wrong with the dress or the suit for they have already said their first words and the rest of the conversation have left entirely to us. It’s our verbal and non-verbal (body) language that will keep the conversation going well or talking about us in that impressive way that we expect it to be.
Have you ever thought how much you have spent on fashion, however, nobody admires you as a god or goddess? And there’s that classmate or colleague, wearing the same pair of old jeans every week, who is always the heart of the company. It could be just the other way round – to open the wardrobe and find nothing flashy for the posh party that everybody will attend. It hurts both ways. And it’s not about the clothes, but the way we wear them that make us stand out from the others and attract the needed attention.
Our bodies exude a thousand bytes of information, starting from who we are, how we accept ourselves and respond to a given environment, to how we feel right at that moment. They are the emitters of our emotions, reflecting our inner world and how well we are positioned among the others. Our bodies can symbolically communicate those little details we need to express, saving us the words, which might be more awkward at times. Then, it’s up to us to choose whether to be in the spotlight or behind the curtain.
The easiest way to understand who you are and what you spread out as a piece of information about yourself, after the first impression, is to stand in front of the mirror and look at yourself before you have put on that certain piece of whatever brand you can think of. Forget about how your body looks like. It doesn’t really matter whether you are young or old; whether you look like a model or you are miles away from the idea. It’s first of all how you feel about yourself and then how you express your emotions through postures, gestures and mimes.
If you like the image in the mirror, then it’s OK! Put on whatever you feel like wearing that day and be happy or sad – there’s nothing wrong with that. Yet, if you are not happy with what you see in the mirror, let’s say the reflection looks like a hero from a funny cartoon, or it may even scare you, then that’s the time to do something about yourself. Instead of spending a fortune on designer brands and still keeping the position of the constantly neglected or rejected one, you’d better try to improve your body language and if it’s necessary your verbal one, too.
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