https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/article---why-dressing-for-success-leads-to-success Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:22:45 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/article---why-dressing-for-success-leads-to-success#post-1619483 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 03:51:59 +0000 rachylou 1619483@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think that's true in the sense that if you mean business, you mean business. But business doesn't always mean a suit and that eludes even the smartest people. I mean, when I was in baking school there was a dress for success type presentation they did for us. This person came in and talked suits. Well, we don't hire anyone who comes in a suit where I work now. I'm sure if he thought about it, the presenter would have done something else... but this is the presentation he did and was hired to give... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/article---why-dressing-for-success-leads-to-success#post-1619468 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 03:04:08 +0000 Suz 1619468@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fascinating. I think what transmits "power" is slightly different in some creative fields, depending on the person's style. I have a writer friend who presents and is her most powerful in extremely feminine clothes -- fit and flare dresses. She has a curvy hourglass figure and looks great in that type of outfit. It is the opposite of the tough rocker-girl chic that some other artists wear to indicate their status.&nbsp;</p> <p>But the idea of kicking it up a notch for <b>you, in&nbsp;</b>that context&nbsp;is relevant no matter what.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/article---why-dressing-for-success-leads-to-success#post-1619447 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 02:15:01 +0000 Anonymous 1619447@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have always believed in the importance of dressing well, both for the image it projects and for the self confidence it gives. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/article---why-dressing-for-success-leads-to-success#post-1619434 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 01:44:32 +0000 Caro in Oz 1619434@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting, I like the end:</p> <p><i>"While Mark Zuckerberg seems to have done pretty well in business wearing hoodies and jeans, experts say he’s an outlier.</i></p> <p><i>“Mark Zuckerberg is in a creative enterprise,” Yale’s Prof. Kraus says. “People like that are playing around with their status symbols. For most of us, high status means suit and tie.”<br /></i><br />I do think "creative" areas do tend to have their own rules. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/article---why-dressing-for-success-leads-to-success#post-1619432 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 01:40:00 +0000 Anonymous 1619432@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I believe this completely! &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/article---why-dressing-for-success-leads-to-success#post-1619422 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 01:33:40 +0000 Anonymous 1619422@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very interesting, thanks for sharing this article. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/article---why-dressing-for-success-leads-to-success#post-1619388 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 00:39:25 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1619388@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><a href="http://on.wsj.com/1XJcU1V" rel="nofollow">http://on.wsj.com/1XJcU1V</a></p> <p>"Dress better, work better?</p> <p>"A number of recent studies suggest that dressing up for work in a suit or blazer could do wonders for an employee’s productivity, whether going into a negotiation, making a sales call or even participating in a videoconference with business associates.</p> <p>"Using a number of measures, including simulated business meetings at which subjects wore formal and more casual clothing, the studies offer indications that wearing nicer clothes may raise one’s confidence level, affect how others perceive the wearer, and in some cases even boost the level of one’s abstract thinking, the type in which leaders and executives engage...." </p>