You are what you eat.
You are what you read.
You are what you speak.
You are what your parents are.
You may even be what you smoke.
But.. you are NOT what you wear.
Well dressed can mean a lot of things... but it can also not mean many things.
Well dressed does not mean you are clean and tidy.
Well dressed does NOT mean you are intelligent. If you go by that logic than the insurance agents are the smartest guys around...
Let me explain further.
Scenario 1
Me and a colleague meet her friend, whose occupation I shall not reveal. The friend is very well dressed. Tie, suit, briefcase.... the whole works.
The conversation was on Chiang Mai. The friend, who joined in the conversation later, decides he has to say something about Chiang Mai because he doesn't want two chicks to think he is just a well dressed sotong.
The friend goes: I love Chiang Mai. Its such a beautiful place. Its one of my favourite places in China.
And he continued talking about Chiang Mai and China. I even made sure he didn't hear it as Shanghai.
My colleague and I decided not to correct him. We love it when people unknowingly revel in their idiocy.
Scenario 2
This is about the well dressed people who approach you to sign up for their cards and services...
Some are really fine. But then there are others who speak English like a donkey.
"You know hor maam.. You sign up for this hor, you can get hor good reward points leh."
"Is that so? Great! Hee Haw Hee Haw!", is what I wish I could say but I am not that rude.
Moral of the story: Its a bigger turn off when your well dressed appearance contradicts your mannerisms and intelligence. With your well dressed demeanour, you are raising society's expectations, so either you live up to it or just dress down. Looking smart does not mean YOU ARE SMART.
Well dressed is not a measure of your confidence. If you say dressing well gives you confidence then you are:
1)naive
2)pathetic
3)In need of counselling
4)All of the above.
Confidence is an inward expression. Well dressed is an outward expression. The only thing you can wear confidently is your smile and that too has to come from the muscular organ responsible for pumping blood through the blood vessels.
Well dressed is about conforming to the elite society.
Well dressed is when you are more concerned about what others think of you than what you think of yourself.
And more importantly, well dressed breeds capitalism. It eats your salary for breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner and maybe even supper.
I am not against dressing well.
I know some people do have a very good dress sense.
I also know that some jobs require you to be well dressed.
I just can't comprehend the fuss surrounding this magical, after-you-graduate-and-you-go-to-work-you-will-understand concept of dressing well. What's wrong with being decently dressed?
If you dress well, good for you. Spend your time matching your striped Mango pants with your Ralph Lauren shirts and crocodile socks. Leave the "poorly"/"under" dressed alone.
If you dress well it means you have time in the morning for such trivialities.
If you dress well but utter nothing intelligent, you should just try harder. Maybe wearing a doctor's coat and a stethoscope around your neck might help.
If you dress well its because you bother and I don't.
If I dress well its because I was threatened by my superiors. Big difference.
Try dressing like a paraiah, you will be surprised...people really do not expect much from you. Now that I like...
Low expectations are great. Easier to meet.