When colleagues and friends go to the trouble to entertain this holiday season, take care to show them you are grateful for their efforts. Arrive with a small gift in hand and dress for the occasion. Whatever that dress might be, it did the trick if your hostess greets you with a "don't you look good" gleam in her eye.
Think of it as saying thank you with your dress.
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Best post! you said it all...
Dressing properly is a sign of gratitude, of respect for others, of respect for oneself, of respect for tradition.
Old School, you nailed it.
Dressing nicely/properly shows respect to others and oneself; it also shows that the wearer is taking the situation seriously. This is why we wear our "Sunday best" to church.
(Yes, even those poor in the sartorial realm are welcome in church, but there's a difference between wearing the nicest clothes you have and wearing whatever combination of sweats, denim, and flip-flops that happened to be on the top of the pile.)
And, of course, as Will has pointed out, appropriate business dress is clothing that doesn't get in the way of doing business. This is another way we show our awareness and consideration of others.
Back when I was in the restaurant business we used to call it "uncontrollable atmosphere". When you're at a party, a dinner, a date, at work, etc... you are part of the scenery a piece of the stage. Are you playing the leading man or the court jester?
Last week I posted a blog called "20 Truths", an exercise in listing what you, personally, know to be true. Number 17 was: "Wearing a jacket to dinner shows you respect the restaurant, your companion and yourself."
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