I wanted to share with you some research on Fashion. I'm loving exploring all things fashion and self love, it's so hidden but we deal with it every morning.
As far as I understand, fashion began for two reasons:
- Keep us protected from our enemies, animals & weather
- Communicate our wealth, status, culture and religion
So these 2 important uses helped us survive it seems and importantly attract the right partner in love and in work. Celebration and events such as marriage and graduation still generally use a costume to exhibit the day to others, the white wedding dress is still part of a women's dream day.
Our fashion rises out from the waves of art, designers expressing societies mood and urge to speak to the world. I have heard and believed that fashion is what's trending but style is forever. HOWEVER, I realise that we have to have the trends to develop us as a society and to keep creating 'style'.
So how does fashion impact us if it's an expression of everything? I found some interesting research into the affects of clothing on people’s mood and behaviour. These telling results I believe provides us with interesting insights and answers.
"When Students wore white lab coats they responded more accurately and quickly than those wearing casual clothes
When Students wore a Superman T-shirt they tested to be more confident and slightly stronger physically
When a group of men and women took a Maths test in their swimming costumes, the men performed better because they were less worried about their bodies (unclothed Cognition)"
Professor Karen Pine from the University of Hertfordshire Research Doc
It seems that as much as our clothes are used to communicate information about ourselves, fashion choice can also express something that may not be true about us?
So how do we choose clothing that will communicate our 'authentic' self?
Your first indication is comfort. If you are not comfortable then find out why and fix it or change outfits! Not being able to breath or if you know it doesn’t fit as well as it should and you are not able to move fluidly, then that restriction will energetically block you. Plus, sometimes I put a pair of high heels on and they feel awesome and I'm ready to jump into life. On another day I’ll put them on and I feel gawky - that’s my intuitive self saying, not today Glam Rabbit, today is about feeling grounded and earthy. I put my gold Birkenstocks on and off I go! So understand how you feel in your clothes because that will help you when shopping and getting dressed in the morning. Your aim is to feel GOOD! As per last week's Newsletter, where I wrote some tips on having 'bad hair' days, get 3 'go-to' outfits.
Another tip is to give yourself permission to wear black. Black can be a great canvas for a wonderful pair of shoes, necklace, bag or jewellery, so if you are feeling like you need to wear black (to hide a bit) then sprinkle yourself with some glamour. Same with boys, a great tie, bag, shoes and voila!
This week be conscious of what you are communicating about yourself with your wardrobe, don't judge, just be honest - authenticity is your freedom right now (astrologically very powerful for next 2 weeks).
Love and light - Scarlett x
