If you turn up for work on a regular basis dresses pretty much below the expected “norm”, you will find it an uphill struggle to be taken as seriously as you might wish. Whilst there is no doubt that it’s your business skills that your boss hires you for, looking smart will give you a head start.

It’s all about perception… i.e. how you are perceived by everyone you have to deal with on a daily basis. If you are clad in the perfect style tuxedo for the office you will already have created the right image.

The reason why the image you would have created is much better is quite simple. It is an inevitable fact that people would assume that because you care so much and take care of how you look, you would also care and take perfect care of the work assigned to you.

Sadly, just having a decent looking suit might not do. Put yourself in a situation where you are dealing with the board of a company and you want to sell the services of your company, your prospective clients would most likely be perfectly dresses. Therefore, you ought to be submitting the proposal of your company wearing a smart, elegant tuxedo most likely an Italian designer labeled one.

You still have to know what you are doing. Knowing what you are doing and dressing perfectly would help a lot.

Think of it as if it was you on the other side of a conference table and someone was trying to convince you that his company could meet your needs. If you were looking at a man wearing a cheap suit and cartoon themed tie, you would not only dismiss him as inadequate, but the company he represented as well.

It is an unpleasant and unfortunate fact that what people look like does influence how we think of them and first impressions do matter. Sometimes we find out later that our first impressions were wrong. In business there is seldom a second chance and even if later the true is revealed, it may be too late to save your business.

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