https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-power-suit-analyzed Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 02 May 2026 16:40:27 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-power-suit-analyzed#post-1486713 Tue, 05 May 2015 01:25:50 +0000 Suz 1486713@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting. I am not sure this applies to me (I mean the part about thinking more big picture or abstractly in formal clothes). I will have to ponder it. In my jammies. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-power-suit-analyzed#post-1486699 Tue, 05 May 2015 01:11:08 +0000 Jaime 1486699@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Definitely agree what we aware affects us. We dress first of all for ourselves. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-power-suit-analyzed#post-1486684 Tue, 05 May 2015 00:35:56 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1486684@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/04/wearing-a-suit-makes-people-think-differently/391802/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theatlantic.com/bus.....ly/391802/</a></p> <p>Putting on formal clothes makes us feel powerful, and that changes the basic way we see the world,” says Abraham Rutchick, an author of the study and a professor of psychology at California State University, Northridge. Rutchick and his co-authors found that wearing clothing that’s more formal than usual makes people think more broadly and holistically, rather than narrowly and about fine-grained details. In psychological parlance, wearing a suit encourages people to use abstract processing more readily than concrete processing.</p> <p>Except under extreme temperature circumstances, even though I work at home, I feel more ready to work if I am dressed in something that makes me feel good. And I like to stride around the room while talking on conference calls. Probably I'd feel even more kick ass if I wore my Stuart Weitzman pumps, but I don't do shoes in the house...</p> <p>And yes,mom doing a lot of links today! </p>