The Basic Wardrobe

The Basic Wardrobe

Ms. Pry

Clothing is for protection, comfort, modesty, and enhancement of beauty. Appropriateness above all is the best rule. Dress within the bounds of classic good taste. Appropriateness is determined by a number of factors and can change dramatically from situation to situation. Fashion is serious. What you wear reveals a significant message about you and your world.

THE BASIC WARDROBE 

Clothing is for protection, comfort, modesty, and enhancement of beauty. Appropriateness above all is the best rule. Dress within the bounds of classic good taste. Appropriateness is determined by a few factors and can change dramatically from situation to situation. Fashion is serious. What you wear reveals a significant message about you and your world.

1. Always aim for appropriateness. The best rule is always to dress within the bounds of classic good taste. A sense of propriety, dictated by the occasion and the company, is necessary. Appropriateness is determined by a few factors and can change dramatically from situation to situation. Outside or indoors, mixed ages or peers, geography, building, event, and the weather can affect one’s mode of dressing.

2. Fashion is serious. What you wear reveals a significant message about you and your world. Even if you do not care about clothes, they communicate much about your attitudes towards the occasion, your company, and yourself. In the morning you decide about what to wear to which others respond all day long. Think of your clothes as the most communicative factor after your face and eyes – personal style is how you send nonverbal messages.

3. Dress for others, as well as for your own image. No one wants to fade into the woodwork; it is nice sometimes to lead the pack, and quite naturally you want your clothing to communicate that you “belong.” Your goal is a wardrobe of clothes that are right for your body, your personality, your environment, and the specific occasion.

The instant judgment people form when they meet you (on a subconscious level) on a visual level and crystallizes even before you open your mouth ninety percent of which is composed of your clothing, and the rest is formed when you utter your first sentence. How is your first impression formed? The following are the factors that help the viewer form the first impression:

1. Economic level or is he rich or poor? or Is he working or unemployed?

2. Educational level or is he a high school or college graduate? or is he an attorney or a doctor?

3. Social position or does he live in one of the villages? or Does he belong to the upper socio-economic level or the lower level?

4. Level of sophistication or is he the party-hopping type, the social register type? Or is he the “probinsyano” type?

 5. Family background or what is his social, educational, and economic heritage? Or what is the position of the family in the community? or are they known by their family names or not?

6. Successfulness or is he successful? or does he have a car, a house and lot? or is he important in his company? Or is he known by his business associates and peers?

7. Moral character o Does he look honest? Or is he the type who will put one over others? Or will he cheat me?

FIRST IMPRESSION

Assembling a Basic Wardrobe

1. Clean up your closet

2. Know your figure

3. Shop wisely and well

Lines in Clothes

1. The Vertical Line or The line which runs lengthwise from head-to-toe creates an illusion of height or makes a person look taller o Ideal for the plump person

2. The Horizontal Line or The line cutting across from side-to-side cuts height and adds width

Colors

The first principle in decorating yourself is understanding not only what colors are right for you, but which shades you should wear. Your Color Spectrum

1. Primary Colors

a. Red

b. Blue

c. Yellow

2. Secondary Colors

a. Green

b. Violet

c. Orange

3. Tertiary Colors

a. Blue-Violet

b. Violet-Red

c. Red-Orange

d. Yellow-Green

e. Orange-Yellow

f. Blue-Green

1. Color of skin, eyes, and hair The Filipino’s “kayumanggi” complexion looks best in shades of coral, orange-reds, browns, greenish blues. If you have a rosy complexion, you will look well in shades of red and orange tones. Beige with touches of brown is flattering for you.

2. Personality Your personality is an important factor in the choice of colors. The colors should make you feel right. A right, red dress may disturb you if you are shy and retiring. If you are a dynamic person, a delicate pastel may not look right on you.

3. Occasion Office clothes should not be as bright as your sports clothes. Evening clothes should be more dramatic than daytime clothes. As a whole, office clothes should be more conservative, more subdued than clothes for social occasions

Factors Affecting Choice of Colors

Together with your groupmates in the breakout room assigned to you, access the link given and design/style the model waiting in the link according to your chosen setting/location. Discuss to the class your choice of style.

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