{"id":17831,"date":"2018-12-03T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T20:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datemixstaging.wpengine.com\/?p=17831"},"modified":"2021-05-31T10:17:57","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T17:17:57","slug":"dress-to-impress-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zoosk.com\/date-mix\/dating-advice\/dress-to-impress-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Dress to Impress Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are certain occasions in life that call for dressing to impress. Whether you\u2019re going to a job interview, meeting your significant other\u2019s parents, or getting ready for a first date, we all usually go the extra mile to look good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But a pretty dress or a snazzy tie and expensive shoes don\u2019t just impress others; it has the power to change us from the outside in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In what psychologists are calling \u201cenclothed cognition,\u201d the way we view our bodies not only shapes our own behavior, but the clothes we choose to wear can as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a study<\/a> at Northwestern University, the symbolic meaning of clothes and our experience wearing them have the power to change our behaviors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, do you dress your mood, or does your mood dress you? Psychology Today<\/em> states that what you choose to wear is directly linked to how you feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s why you don\u2019t wear sweat pants to a job interview (sloppy worker\u2014no thanks!), and you don\u2019t wear a cocktail dress when you\u2019re feeling down and drowning your sorrows in a pint of mint chocolate chip ice cream while watching Bridget Jones\u2019s Diary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are what you eat, can you be what you wear? According to science, yes! Your performance, behavior, and attitudes change based on not only what you wear, but how you view yourself when you wear something. Your clothing affects your cognitive process. This means we think with more than just our brains\u2014we think with our bodies, and with the clothes we dress them in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How we dress affects how we interact with the world around us. So what does this mean in our relationships? Well, let\u2019s start with what it doesn\u2019t mean. This information doesn\u2019t mean you should pretend to be someone you\u2019re not to impress others. When you\u2019re on a date, you don\u2019t have to wear something tight or revealing in order to feel sexy. Likewise, you don\u2019t have to dress up super formal if you\u2019re looking for something serious.  Instead, realize that what you slip into for each date is a direct reflection of your thought processes, and has the power to shape your mood and how you approach the date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you find yourself desiring a relationship that more appropriately compliments your lifestyle, then dress to match those ambitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every morning when you wake up, you can do more than just get dressed, you can put on your power! Make sure you\u2019re doing it for you, and you\u2019ll feel the difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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