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Nothing Wrong With Making A Good First Impression

Just the other day I was lucky to catch The Devil Wears Prada on TV – one of my favourite movies. For those who haven’t seen it, there is a scene where fashion-disaster Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) snickers at Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) and her assistants trying to decide between two similar belts for an outfit. (Andy thinks they both look the same)

Miranda then sneers back, and says “I see, you think this has nothing to do with you… You go to your closet and select out that lumpy blue sweater, for instance, because you’re trying to tell the world you take yourself too seriously to care about what you put on your back. However that blue represents millions of dollars and countless jobs and so it’s sort of comical how you think that you’ve made a choice that exempts you from the fashion industry when, in fact, you’re wearing a sweater that was selected for you by the people in this room.” I love that speech, and whenever I occasionally reflect about fashion, that always comes to mind.

When I was younger, I could honestly care less about what I wore and looked like, much like Andy. I was more of a tomboy, and that was completely fine at the time. However, in my opinion, as people grow older and go out in the world, what you look like becomes much more important than what most people would like to believe. (Nevertheless, what is on the inside is definitely what defines a person first and foremost)

When you walk down the street, people aren’t going to know whether you are kind, an evil murderer or successful, unless they see it. When you go in for a job interview, your first impression will always be in the interviewer’s mind.
So, I guess my point is for this first blog entry is that sometimes it’s good to care about what you look like. It’s not vain, it’s what you decide to present to the world. Fashion is a perfect way to creatively display your personality, and tell others who you are to nail any first impression, and any impression after that.