How to dress to go to work is an open debate that never closes.Go casual or in a suit is the order of the day according to which companies.But the reasons why we dress as we dress for work are not always the ones we think.

It is often debated about the imposition of the type of clothing with which you have to go to work.Either a suit like a nurse robe or a mechanic monkey, we are talking about a work uniform.But the idea of going elegant to work is distorted by the obligation to get ready for work.Not only did we dress to impress our boss.Sayo makes the monk.Or maybe not so much, but it helps.

There are many studies focused on clothes and their impact on people.It is true that the clothes you choose to wear does not make up your personality, but it does affect your mood.A 2015 study published in the magazine Social Psychology and Personality Sciences, measured several subjects who conducted five cognitive tests wearing both formal and informal clothes.Apparently, dressing elegant, abstract thinking increased, which, apparently, is associated with creativity and long -term strategy.In conclusion: formal clothing gives power.People feel powerful and capable when they dress for business.

Ephrat Livni, writer and lawyer, analyzes the issue in Quartz and reaches a conclusion: “In addition to sending signals to others, what we dress influences self -perception.So wherever you work and if you share your work space, it is worth trying to cause a good impression to the only person you can never escape: you ".

Enclothed cognition

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This phenomenon that saw the light in 2012 through psychology, by the hand of Hajo Adam and Adam Galinsky in their study enclothed cognition, part of the idea that certain garments give those who carry them a halo of competition.According to this research, work clothes (a monkey, a robe, etc..) involves the union of two factors that survive independently.One would be the symbolic meaning of each garment;and the other the experience of carrying it.Providing the bearer of concentration power in a specific professional activity.

Therefore, carry your uniform, the one you want to work, attributes such important factors as the safety, concentration and good performance of activities.But the suit, the tie, or the obligation to take them, is still a pretty thorny theme.

The most informal business suit

Silicon Valley brought new technologies and the new informal business style.That was a transformation.The connection of the suit with power was blurred.The casual office became fashionable.Now wear t -shirts, sweatshirts, caps and even vests.

That apparent informality is your own suit.That is, sportswear that combine in the most natural way, is designed in detail and has more artifice than a bow tie.Each of the outfit of the stars of technology is elaborated and designed so that they look as if they do not care, but the brands that look are high -end.Many even have their own stylist.In fact there are specialists in dressing them.As is the case of Victoria Hitchcock, a stylist of many of Silicon Valley's magnates, who ensures that his clients spend thousands of dollars to instruct themselves in the art of "effortless style".

Therefore, the really important thing is to dress well and feel comfortable with what you carry in your workplace.Because your impression matters more than that of others.And because the garment you carry according to what kind of work do you play.

As Livni says: “Dressing well is a recognition of personal value.You could dress to impress your colleagues and, probably, you could attend meetings in underwear with just a shirt if you attend from home.But in doing so, you are missing the power that provides a good outfit ".