Often, your skill at interpreting the language of clothing can make a huge difference in your ability to relate and interact with
others. For instance, let's take the situation of a first day on a new job. You can size up the people you'll be working with from
the way they have chosen to frame their egos. The first person that you'll come across with is the receptionist. She can be important
to you, either as an ally or a friend, or a foe. This one is the heavily armored type, perhaps she has denied herself the physical
part of life altogether. That tight-fitting belt may represent a cautious, or an impersonal embrace. More likely, if you make an extra
effort to be thoughtful to this woman, she'll become your friend.
A good example of how consistent people's clothing choices are with
their other preferences, you will notice that people who wear protective clothing regularly prefer protective, small, dim-lit rooms.
If they are covered up with clothes, they are probably also protective of their feelings or thoughts. On the contrary, people who
opt to wear exposed or open clothing tend to enjoy wide, airy spaces. Take a poll, and you'll see!
Soft textures in clothing tend to
invite closeness and human contact. Crisp textures demonstrate that a person wants to be regarded or seen as efficient. In addition,
the lines of clothing, whether they are flowing or strict, give some indication of how open or rigid the personality is.
Color is another
important element in the language of clothing. This will also help you understand other people's messages through clothes. Some would
regard color as a complex language all its own. Red is an "advancing" color and also gives the sensation of warmth. Traditionally,
it represented courage, and suggests an optimistic and extroverted mood. Yellow seems to have been identified with the mind and intellect.
Purple has been thought of as a color of high rank and blue is associated with the celestial and spiritual.
Along with these general
assumptions are inconsistencies. Since time immemorial, blue, the "spiritual" color has also been traditionally given to workmen (the
"blue-collar" worker). Green is supposed to bring tranquility, but, as you may well know, some greens are peaceful, some can almost
be blinding in their intensity. Hence, the shade of the color is essential to its interpretation. Colors and the corresponding shades
one chooses say more about one's present mood than about one's personality.
Understanding other people's messages through clothes will
be useful not only in gaining some initial insight about others, but also how to deal on a daily basis with them. Even small changes
in the way your co-worker looks from one day to the next can signal changes that may be important to you. A luncheon partner who has
deliberately chosen an uncharacteristic type of clothes for the occasion is probably expressing vulnerability - the meeting may be
more important to him or her that it is to you.
As you learn to interpret subtle messages from others, keep in mind that you are transmitting
equally revealing messages yourself. Having an understanding of the language of clothing, you will learn how to tailor these messages
to elicit the responses that you want.
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