What women wear can give a powerful insight into who they are too, a new study has revealed. Jennifer Baumgartner, a clinical psychologist, has claimed that one’s wardrobe decisions tell others about their secret desires.
In her book, the 34-year-old, who is also a wardrobe consultant, described the mistakes women typically make when buying clothes. Many fall into the trap of only buying designer labels, wearing office clothes all the time or simply buying too much. Another typical problem is getting stuck in a style rut, defined as having not changed your look for the past five years.
Cleavage-exposing clothes, such as those favoured by actor Christina Hendricks, are about feeling powerful and in control. Women who button up their clothes are actually telling their boss that “femininity means weakness, not power”. While high heels can make women appear less intelligent, it inspires confidence by making the wearer as tall as their male colleagues at the same time. If you often find yourself in jeans and trainers with unkempt hair, beware. You may be “overly identifying with motherhood and suppressing other parts of yourself out of guilt or exhaustion”. A young girl choosing a short skirt could be an attention seeker, while an older woman doing the same is having difficulty accepting that she is a grownup.
“All of our behaviours, from the food we eat to the men we date, are motivated by internal factors. Why is it any different with the clothes we buy and the way we buy them? All you need to do is note the styles in your wardrobe to identify the patterns. It is then that you can make real change, and find a wardrobe to match the new and improved you,”
source(timesofindia)
In her book, the 34-year-old, who is also a wardrobe consultant, described the mistakes women typically make when buying clothes. Many fall into the trap of only buying designer labels, wearing office clothes all the time or simply buying too much. Another typical problem is getting stuck in a style rut, defined as having not changed your look for the past five years.
Cleavage-exposing clothes, such as those favoured by actor Christina Hendricks, are about feeling powerful and in control. Women who button up their clothes are actually telling their boss that “femininity means weakness, not power”. While high heels can make women appear less intelligent, it inspires confidence by making the wearer as tall as their male colleagues at the same time. If you often find yourself in jeans and trainers with unkempt hair, beware. You may be “overly identifying with motherhood and suppressing other parts of yourself out of guilt or exhaustion”. A young girl choosing a short skirt could be an attention seeker, while an older woman doing the same is having difficulty accepting that she is a grownup.
“All of our behaviours, from the food we eat to the men we date, are motivated by internal factors. Why is it any different with the clothes we buy and the way we buy them? All you need to do is note the styles in your wardrobe to identify the patterns. It is then that you can make real change, and find a wardrobe to match the new and improved you,”
source(timesofindia)
