Clothes do not make the man

Just as money does not bring happiness clothes do not make the man or so it is what they say but my opinion is that clothes do make the man. For me the first impression is the one that counts and makes the difference.

If you go to a job interview and you are not properly dressed you do not get the job, even if you are qualified for it. If you go to a party and the choice you made for the outfit is not the best, you won't be noticed or worse you'll be the subject of the night's gossip. If you go on a first date and your partener comes dressed as if he were going jogging I'm sure you won't answer his calls the next day.

And the list with examples may go on and on. We all want to claim that the society we live in is not ruled by stereotypes and prejudices

but so it is and we shouldn't be so hypocrite and say the contrary.

I don't say that clothes are the most important when you meet a person, but before you have the chance to talk to him, to see how he thinks, you notice the clothes and you know whether you like him or not.

On the contrary, tastes in what concerns clothes should not be the same, as we didn't like uniforms at school so we won't like to see them on the streets, but we all should be tidy, clean, trendy and at least try to be fashionable. I say "try" because fashion changes every day and one should always wear what suits him not what is in "vogue" today.

"You never get a second chance

to make a first impression"

-- Will Rogers

Behavioral scientists tell us that this "first impression" is a strong one. And the process of sizing you up is on a subconscious/emotional level of the brain. Your evaluation by a stranger takes 30 seconds or less and can be so strong that it could take as much as five years to erase.

Don't you think it's easier to make a great first impression with you appearance and then follow up by showing what a capable, impressive and trustworthy person you are with a winning performance?

We've all heard the expression "You can't judge a book by its cover". If you agree, it's a good thing you're not in publishing. Publishing houses have long since proven that a