Do Clothes Make the Man?
“Clothes Make The Man,” says a common English saying. The meaning is simple: what you wear decides who you are. After all, you don’t see any millionaires wearing old t-shirts do you? (I bet you do.) Another saying encourages people to “dress for success.” That simply means: wear the costume–wear the clothes people expect you to wear–and they’ll treat you the way you want.
If you’re looking for a job, everyone knows that you don’t go to the job interview looking like you need a job. You don’t go wearing old clothes, with a ketchup stain on your tie. You go in looking like you have a job: you wear a new set of clothes, polished shoes. The idea is that the interviewer will be so impressed with your appearance that he gives you the job because you ‘look like the kind of person he’s looking for.’
What do you think? Do “clothes make the man?” Is it possible to “dress for success?” How important are clothes to the way people see you? How important are clothes to the way people perceive you? How important are the clothes you wear to the way you see yourself?
This week’s writing assignment, if you want to try it, is to answer one or all of the questions above. If you do it here–in the comments, or in the contact page–I’ll give you corrections on your writing. I’m interested to see what you come up with!
