Clothing, social identity, personality, fashion style, ethos, self-esteem, body image, cultural distinction, social class, values, principles
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This document explores the relationship between dressing and social identity, personality, and values, highlighting how clothing choices reflect and shape our self-perception and social interactions.
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[...] Through this, they explain that people are 'perpetually in representation'. Borrowing this idea, we can conjecture that like an actor, lovers are inclined to seek to define a status to achieve an 'interactional situation' in which they will best fit into their role. It is necessary to succeed in keeping the right face, for fear of being unmasked and having an unfortunate rupture in one's representation. It is crucial to abstract oneself from behaviors and attitudes that are incompatible with the values one wants to show. [...]
[...] An indicator of the level of comfort Part II: Clothing, a vector of expression of our singularity II.1. Dressing to reveal one's personality II.2. Clothing, a reflection of our experiences II.3. An expression of our values and principles Part III: To be finally embodied by one's attire. III.1. Clothing, a mask to hide its flaws III.2. To create a representation in the other III.3. A tool for impressing and seducing Development: Part The garment as a means of signification of one's social belonging. Dressing oneself does not only involve wearing clothes. [...]
[...] Belonging to a social group and roles are coded by the fashion style. Similarly, crucial life events such as weddings are closely linked to a specific dress code; the same applies to social norms that are reflected through fashion styles. All these facts show the importance of devoting a lot of attention to the dress behavior of individuals, a field of research in social psychology. I.1. Dressing, an attire that embodies belonging to a social group There is a deep link between dressing and social identity. [...]
[...] Through clothing, we can visually communicate our identity, as well as our values and many other things that characterize us. We can highlight the harmony of our forms, as Pitombo (2009) points out, 'today we are witnessing a certain playful and symbolic appropriation of clothing. Man has discovered and delights in the fascination of clothing as an allegorical piece, pure fantasy, which expresses a concern for beauty, the sublime, seduction, pleasure, and the harmony of forms'. The positive aspect of clothing corresponds to a specific moment for which a determined employment attributes a proper sense to it. [...]
[...] (2017) also indicate that clothing is considered a reflection of personality and therefore; it is a testimony to what a person feels about themselves and consequently, it can be used to impress if what needs to be communicated is worth it. Bibliography: Aiken Jr, L. R. (1963). The relationships of dress to selected measures of personality in undergraduate women.The Journal of Social Psychology, 59(1), 119-128. Amossy, R. (2014). The ethos and its contemporary doubles. Disciplinary perspectives.Langage & société, 13-30. Bourdieu, P. (2018). Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste. [...]
