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Dress for Success
Dress for Success is a 1975 book by John T. Molloy about the effect of clothing on a person's success in business and personal life.
239 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1975
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January 11, 2016
Dress For Success by John T. Molloy (Warner Books 1975)(646.32). I studied this guide to appropriate business dress during my college days. My rating: 7.5/10, finished 1976.
November 10, 2020
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December 9, 2021
A relevant book at its writing, but dress doesn't matter so much anymore. Aside from the clothing, the rest, I believe it's still very pertinent.
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March 19, 2016Remembered Jackie Chan mentioning about this book in his autobiography, so I thought of reading it.
But Kinokuniya doesn't sell it, NLB doesn't carry the book.
So I thought, okay, I'll download the pdf then, but it was so hard to find the sources!
So I downloaded the Chinese pdf version of this book.
Overall, I learnt much from this book.
The place I live, Singapore, is too hot and humid for a two suit (not to mention a three piece suit) unless the occasion calls for it.
However, dress code is very important when it comes to work.
For me, an engineering undergraduate, it would be inappropriate if I were to be wearing suit and stuff like that. I know I'll look smart, but I'm not selling the right image. The image I want to carry is that I'm a reliable and capable young man. Hence, I need to dress myself in the right fashion.
I carry basketball fashion very well, but that's only suitable for campus.
Currently, I'm working in Thermo Fisher Scientific and I make sure I'm wearing a shirt everyday.
What I felt pleased with myself is that after the first day, I realised white colour is never suitable and I put all my white colour shirts away. White Shirt < Checkered Shirt < Plain Shirt < Blue Shirt. The sales people at the 7th floor dress differently from the engineers at 6th floor. Sales make sure they put on a shirt, sometimes with a jacket. We engineers wear very casually, which is good, because it stimulates creativity. However, whenever a person puts on the company T-shirt, the loyalty to the company and good image immediately stands out. It's the unspoken uniform for us in R&D but we interns doesn't have one.
The people from maintenance have their own uniform, and they look good.
The 5th floor manufacturing workers also have their staple wear. Whenever we go down to 5th floor, we would be required to put on the same uniform, a very positive code which takes down the barriers between people of different background.
So, immediately, I understood what I was puzzling when I first entered the company. Why people are separated to different sections in such a manner? With management taking the up-floor and us in the lower. Because each and everyone does a different job, so what we wear is a very useful tool to announce to people what we do by selling the right image. And hence, different people with a different unspoken dress code must not be grouped together so as to avoid the wrong image of any visitor to the company.
For me, as my FYP is coming up and I would have a lot of presentations, I guess a grey sports jacket would be suitable for me. I think I'll be making it soon.
But Kinokuniya doesn't sell it, NLB doesn't carry the book.
So I thought, okay, I'll download the pdf then, but it was so hard to find the sources!
So I downloaded the Chinese pdf version of this book.
Overall, I learnt much from this book.
The place I live, Singapore, is too hot and humid for a two suit (not to mention a three piece suit) unless the occasion calls for it.
However, dress code is very important when it comes to work.
For me, an engineering undergraduate, it would be inappropriate if I were to be wearing suit and stuff like that. I know I'll look smart, but I'm not selling the right image. The image I want to carry is that I'm a reliable and capable young man. Hence, I need to dress myself in the right fashion.
I carry basketball fashion very well, but that's only suitable for campus.
Currently, I'm working in Thermo Fisher Scientific and I make sure I'm wearing a shirt everyday.
What I felt pleased with myself is that after the first day, I realised white colour is never suitable and I put all my white colour shirts away. White Shirt < Checkered Shirt < Plain Shirt < Blue Shirt. The sales people at the 7th floor dress differently from the engineers at 6th floor. Sales make sure they put on a shirt, sometimes with a jacket. We engineers wear very casually, which is good, because it stimulates creativity. However, whenever a person puts on the company T-shirt, the loyalty to the company and good image immediately stands out. It's the unspoken uniform for us in R&D but we interns doesn't have one.
The people from maintenance have their own uniform, and they look good.
The 5th floor manufacturing workers also have their staple wear. Whenever we go down to 5th floor, we would be required to put on the same uniform, a very positive code which takes down the barriers between people of different background.
So, immediately, I understood what I was puzzling when I first entered the company. Why people are separated to different sections in such a manner? With management taking the up-floor and us in the lower. Because each and everyone does a different job, so what we wear is a very useful tool to announce to people what we do by selling the right image. And hence, different people with a different unspoken dress code must not be grouped together so as to avoid the wrong image of any visitor to the company.
For me, as my FYP is coming up and I would have a lot of presentations, I guess a grey sports jacket would be suitable for me. I think I'll be making it soon.
September 1, 2012
Every business person should recognize there is a persona or a look, that subconsciously helps others perception of you to be more favorable. Definitely read the modern updated version, this one is dated!
October 7, 2016
I don't adhere to any of the principles described in this book, to my own disadvantage. Some day I will, and I am sure it is going to help me out. I am still more of a software developer rather than a businessman.
December 12, 2007
Rated: A
September 14, 2010
a nice book about how the dress influences the way, in which people perceive us
October 14, 2014
This was a great help when I was 20-30
September 16, 2018
Informative, though a bit outdated. However, there is a lot to be heeded in this day of the casual-sloppy work ethic -- dressing up makes you feel confident and therefore, more productive. It’s really not difficult to be clean, pressed, and sharp.
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