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The Effects Of Styles Of Dress On First Impressions, Ashley Dibert, Ashley Laird, Di Wu
The Effects Of Styles Of Dress On First Impressions, Ashley Dibert, Ashley Laird, Di Wu
The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)
Many factors influence our first impression. Previous research found that clothes may affect people’s perceptions and attitudes toward others. Even subtle changes in the style of dress would affect others’ perceptions on multiple characters such as success, trustworthiness and reliability (Howlett, Pine, & Orakcioglu, 2013). It has also been found that the amount of similarities between raters and the individuals rated were positively correlated with the rating scores of favorable characteristics (Michinov & Michinov, 2011).The current research aimed to investigate how a person’s own style of dress would influence their perception on attraction based on those individuals’ style of dress. …