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Top 5 tips to Look Amazing at Work | Workwear Guide

Corporate offices and different workplaces are getting back up from the work-from-home setup. The 9 to 5 routine has already set in for many people around the country so is the work-life. The days are back where a day starts with getting dressed for work to deciding an outfit for the following day. For a few, it might be an exciting time to go back to the 9 to 5 routine and, for a few, it may not. So, we thought that we should compile some of our tips to keep your workwear game strong regardless of the mood!

Workwear is a tricky category. But, when styled correctly, it could amp up your personality. It can be a game-changer at work!
These days communication skills are being talked about a lot and, we think that fashion and styling can also fall under the category of communication. We can express so much through fashion/clothes. So, it could be a good idea to step up your workwear wardrobe. It may sound daunting at first but, we are here to help you with some of our tips to take out all the ambiguity around workwear wardrobe. All these points will help you look good and feel good too!

1. Uniformity creates an impact!

In a professional work environment, it is obvious to have patterns and order while working in a professional workspace. On a similar note, while developing/choosing a workwear wardrobe, you can bring uniformity. Uniformity will enable an order. Consider uniformity in colour, style, accessories, or others.
Maintaining or sticking to a similar style or having a particular pattern of accessorising can create individuality.

For instance, choose neutral colours for top-wear and darker/ cool-toned colours for bottom wear. All these can help create a polished personality/image at work. Choose similar kinds of accessories instead of layering and mixing it all up. Simplicity in such things can bring out a professional look.

2. Pay attention to the details

Details matter the most. Workwear can be fun if we choose unique styles/ details within a neutral outfit. Choose different collars styles sleeve styles to amp up your basic-minimal workwear wardrobe. Choose knitwear garments; lookout for new materials instead of your usual choices. Unique cuff styles will bring a personality that is unique to you. It can add a pop of fun element to the boring-usual corporate look.

3. Choose/ find a star garment

What do we mean by star garment? A good question to ask! A star garment is a piece in your wardrobe that you fall back on, the backup plan on the days when you have less time to choose. It could be the one classic garment that will help you on the days when you want to look just right with minimal effort. It could be a blazer, a dress or a jumpsuit.
The star garment can create a sharp look. It will also break the monotony of the week.

4. Quirk it up

According to respective workplace rules, you can quirk things up. Workwear can be fun when you add some prints or different accessories. An accessory or printed details can step up one’s outfit in a positive way. Feel free to experiment with accessories like handbags/wallets shoes to add more fun to your workwear wardrobe.

5. Pick up themes/order for the week!

We must have found ourselves asking this one question- What should I wear tomorrow? on most days. This same damn question can be annoying/boring every day.
Taking out/separating a few top wear or outfits for the week can help. Sticking to a theme or an order can help. For instance, pick an order for the week- a week of Indian workwear or three days of western workwear followed by Indian workwear. All these can help manage and create order in our day-to-day routine.
When we are in a hurry, we are less likely to make decisions so, a better choice would be to make a few decisions before the week this will lead to a hassle-free week for sure!

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Seeking individuality through fashion: A closer look at the relationship between fashion choices and self-identity.

What are the various ways to achieve individuality, individual style? Can fashion be used as a tool to express ourselves? Can fashion be related to our self-identity? As we read the blog title, such questions can cross our minds. Believe it or not, an association is built directly or indirectly between us and fashion as a medium of self-identification. So why not learn about it?

DISCLAIMER: This blog is just a point of view to help pivot our lifestyle in some way to achieve better, observe better. The purpose of this blog is to think of fashion as a possibility.

Association between fashion and self-identity

Self-identity is a combination of what a person truly is and how an individual portrays oneself. Fashion can be a great tool to take cues of one’s characteristics and how an individual wants to present to the external world. Clothing can describe a wearer. Choice of clothing can be like an unspoken description of one’s personality. Choices of clothing lead to assumptions too. As humans, we tend to pivot our perception around appearances. Direct or indirect feedback is received based on visual perception. We humans also tend to desire a strong identification from the crowd. When we observe and look deep into this subject, we can learn and develop our fashion choices and hence our personality. Often people want to establish themselves as somebody but seem to be confused or are not effectively portraying the same in reality. So, this blog can give you a clue on what aspect you can look at to be that person you want the world to look at and be the same.

Evolving fashion choices

“I remember my growing up days augmented my fashion choices. I was a weak child and often was skinny-shamed and, those were a few incidents that shaped my liking and preferences for clothes. Opting for power-dressing, utilising fashion to come across as strong and authoritative is how my fashion choices got shaped.”

Fashion can be instrumental in such instances. For life events, we can see fashion and style playing a part in being confident. For a few, it becomes like armour.

The impact of a fashion switch

If we switch our style that depicts what we want to convey, the impact can be enormous. Switch style according to an event, mood, or the kind of environment you would be going/attending. It almost acts like unheard communication that speaks volumes of what you represent or stand for. When we pivot our fashion self/ image, we can observe an impact on our surroundings. Responses will switch to unexpected ones and will enhance anyone’s presence. 

There are many benefits to the same apart from the external validation. You could feel good, comfortable, powerful and can positively affect your mood. The positive points are far more when we take leap in our own fashion game!

Do we always have to associate ourselves with fashion?

The answer to this question is, it depends, as it is subjective. Educating oneself about such a subject depends on person-to-person interests. But, knowing one’s identity and expressing ourselves is essential. Personal identity is one of the basic human psychological needs. Every human is unique by nature but strongly desires to be identified in the crowd. Individuals may express their unique personalities through their apparel and fashion (Goldsmith, 1996).

Making fashion a tool to develop ourselves

Fashion can be instrumental in developing ourselves. More than the worth of the clothing, selection of clothing is more important. Our aesthetic expression might pivot in one way or other depending on where we want to lead our lives. It is a constant process. “But I think recognising our choices in fashion is important so that when we are unsatisfied at any stage, we can switch it up and can achieve better. Achieve better communication, get better with our soft skills, and live comfortably with our choices.”

“Side note: I know post-reading this blog another thought might cross minds. It is that “not to judge people by their appearance” however, this blog is catering to subjects who see fashion as a potential tool, who wish to communicate their identity, and who wish to change something majorly in their lives and take the help of fashion and self-image. So, the purpose here is to help see another standpoint and not to promote any principles.”

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