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Originally posted by nikki25
But beyond your image, what are you presenting? Because you can dress in the finest Jones New York suit with Ferragamo shoes, etc. and your language or personality may just be disgusting. I'm going to push the envelope and say that its not just about your outward image, but your projection of your inner person is also important. The image you project in your dress and person speaks volumes. I call this completely packaged individual "polished".
Some people aren't polished, and that's okay too. I'm still going to treat you as if your golden because you are a child of God. And that's what is truly important. I've come to learn that its not what you wear, but who you are in your wearing.
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I work at a college and I dress to fit my environment. I am not a formal person and I tend to fall more to the casual side of dress/casual. I am appropriate - very conservative and put together and I don't push the envelope in terms of overly revealing, etc. - but, since my personality is very casual and my classroom environment is collaborative, my clothes tend to follow suit. I want to encourage my students to talk, etc., and so I don't follow the dress codes of many of their former teachers as an attempt to veer them away from their former passive learning styles. No matter how I dress, though, I am waaay older than they and I command respect by virtue of my position, my age, and the way I carry myself. Unlike many other positions, such as Steeltrap's, when I walk into the room as the instructor, I don't have to gain their respect, it's mine to lose.
I agree with the above quote, that you can dress in Ferragamo (sp?), etc., and fail to command respect. Whereas, you can dress in gap and be extremely impressive.
I am thinking I need to buy new clothes for Leadership, though. Hmmm.