Clothes Make The Man

People say that our outfit is like an extension of our inner selves. I would add that we become through our outfit. What we wear materializes in a literal ‘shaping’ of us – how we feel, how we walk, how we talk, how we think, how we carry ourselves. And so the way we dress matters. It doesn’t just affect others’ perception of us, it influences how we perceive ourselves. 

If you agree with the premise, then the implication is that choosing what we wear is a tool we have to take control of our day. Like meditation, exercise, journaling, and any other ritual we staple into our morning routine, we can choose what we wear to ‘calibrate’ for the following waking hours. And so we should construct our outfits meaningfully.

I don’t believe our outfit is strictly material, and that to give it any concentrated focus is simply vanity. It’s productive to deliberately choose what we’ll wear for the day. As they say, “Clothes Make The Man”.