(1) formal dress
Dresses are used to attend weddings and funerals, receive visitors, visit and social occasions. The style of this kind of clothing generally depends on the purpose, time and place of wearing. Today's dress is being simplified, but it maintains its beauty and solemnity. When wearing formal clothes, we should pay attention to the coordination with our own conditions, carefully choose styles and fabrics, and give people an elegant impression.
Evening dress: used for dinner or diplomatic occasions, there are formal and rough styles, and there is no fixed format in the style, but they all have a sense of elegance and orthodoxy. European ladies' evening dresses are characterized by off-the-shoulder, off-the-chest, sleeveless, tight collar and long sleeves, all the way to the feet. Silk, satin, brocade, linen and other fabrics are selected for processing. If the decoration is reasonable, it will look particularly beautiful and generous. Evening dresses can only be worn at certain times and occasions.
Afternoon dress: This is a dress for more formal visits and banquets in the afternoon. There are formal and informal. Officially used for weddings, banquets and other occasions, informally used for going out or visiting. Skirts are generally long, the style is not fixed, and the style is elegant and luxurious. A typical afternoon dress should wear a hat, a bag and a necklace.
There are also party dresses, cocktail dresses and wedding dresses in formal dresses. Guests attending the wedding should wear formal cocktail dresses and silk suits and dresses in a relaxed atmosphere to show their respect for the host, and secondly show the solemnity of the wedding, but pay attention to the color not to be too eye-catching to avoid usurping the role of the host.
(2) Casual clothes
Casual wear refers to clothes worn at ordinary times and is widely used. According to different uses and environments, there are many kinds of casual clothes. Market dress is much more casual than formal dress, such as shopping, watching movies and meeting friends. It is greatly influenced by fashion trends and is an important part of fashion. Everyone can choose a variety of market clothes according to their hobbies and objective conditions, but when wearing them, we must pay attention to whether they conform to the environment and atmosphere to be visited. Fabric can be wool, silk, chemical fiber, etc. And it can change according to the season.
Travel clothes, sportswear, etc. According to the specific situation. It is important to be comfortable, practical and easy to move.
Family clothes match the family atmosphere. Do housework at home, in order to recharge your batteries and have a rest, so household clothes should be casual, comfortable and relaxed. Wear dressing gowns and pajamas in the morning and evening, but you can't wear this kind of clothing to receive visitors.
(3) Calibration and installation
Correcting the close-fitting clothes can keep warm, absorb sweat, prevent dust, keep the body clean, and can also be used as the lining of the coat to make it look more beautiful. Auxiliary clothing includes corsets, vests, petticoats and vests. Its main function is to adjust or protect the body shape and make the shape of the coat more perfect. This kind of clothes should be made of elastic cloth. Ferry, a French fashion designer, has a fat, thick and strong figure, and a small vest has almost become a normal state for him: "My back is too thick, and the protrusions are curved, and the clothes at the back are always prone to wrinkle. Coupled with a tight vest, it not only covers the shirt with wrinkled back, but also has a shelf on it. " A pony armor also has a lot of attention. In modern life, we should pay more attention to the effect of correcting clothes.
(4) Professional dress
Professional clothes are work clothes, which are suitable for the nature and working environment of their respective occupations, practical and convenient for activities, giving people a sense of uniformity, beauty and neatness, inspiring people and enhancing professional pride. If it is the work clothes of tourist receptionists, it should be convenient for all parts of the human body to move, and it is natural and decent; As a teacher, his professional clothes should be dignified, rigorous and friendly.
Second, the dress code
People should follow three recognized principles when dressing, namely, time principle, environment principle and personality principle.
(1) Time principle.
It means wearing different clothes at different times, seasons and periods. Clothing is contemporary. For example, in feudal times, women wore cheongsam, while men wore robes, jackets and cardigans. If someone wears a suit, they will be ridiculed as "fake foreign devils". In the era of Mao Zedong, men, women and children were all blue uniforms or green uniforms, and whoever wore more elegant clothes was bound to be regarded as bourgeois sentiment; Nowadays, clothing has become an important tool to show etiquette, culture and status. Clothing is seasonal, such as wearing a sleeveless and light dress in late autumn, which is difficult to leave a sense of beauty. Clothing is also time-sensitive. There are generally two kinds of clothes: day clothes and evening clothes. Daily clothes should be light, comfortable and easy to move, but the style should not make the body naked, while evening clothes should be gorgeous, luxurious and bling, which can be properly exposed, so daily clothes and evening clothes should not be reversed.
(2) environmental principles
It refers to different working environments, different social scenes and different clothes. For example, a public relations lady who works in a foreign trade company always likes to wear clothes with outdated styles and dim colors. Although she works hard and has good ability, several attractive job opportunities have been won by colleagues who wear more fashionable and energetic clothes, because her clothes seem to say, "I am a quiet person and I am very satisfied with the status quo." Therefore, the dress should change according to the change of environment and occasion. You don't have to wear high-end clothes to work, and don't be too gorgeous and naked. It is more appropriate to wear dignified and generous suits, shirts and suits. Do not wear home clothes, pajamas and pajamas to the streets; Dress calmly when visiting relatives and friends; Going to the hospital to visit patients should be free and generous; The outing should be relaxed and casual; Party dances can be bright and gorgeous.
(3) the principle of individuality
There are two meanings here: the object to wear and the object to communicate with. In other words, your clothes should not only suit you, but also show your own personality style, correspond to others and maintain harmony with your communication partners. In life, we often see tall and fat ladies wearing a reddish tights and a one-step skirt, revealing thick breasts and thick thighs, which makes people worry that the skirt will burst at any time; This short lady, on the other hand, is wearing a dark bat shirt and a long black tweed skirt. The loose and fat skirt puts her all in, making her look thinner and gaunt. The same is true for men. The short, thick man showed his hips in Robb pants, which made people look awkward. If you want to dress naturally and appropriately, you have to adjust clothes with different textures, colors and styles according to your height and thinness.
Dress is also influenced by factors such as appearance, skin color, age, occupation and personality. For example, your appearance is exquisite, but you always like to wear a big blouse, which is very funny. You are yellow, but you like to wear khaki or black clothes, which is more and more like "unearthed cultural relics". You are only eighteen or nineteen years old, but you always wear gray clothes, which is bound to look like your sister-in-law in your thirties and forties. Dressing and dressing should also comprehensively consider all aspects of their own conditions and social conditions, so as to wear themselves and their own personality. For example, a public relations lady with lively appearance and outstanding temperament can be more artistic and exaggerated in her dress. A magenta cheongsam can not only show her beautiful figure, but also set off her bright and elegant face. The dress design of the female mayor must reveal the gentle and refined nature in agility, independence and boldness, such as a silver-gray dress and a coat that can suit her identity.
In addition, in some important social occasions. Your clothes must be consistent with others while expressing yourself. There was once an entrepreneur who went to see a visiting German colleague. Because it was very hot, he wore a sweatshirt, shorts and sandals as usual. I didn't expect the other party to show an unhappy look immediately after seeing him, and got up and left without a few words. Because you should wear a suit and tie on such an important occasion abroad, otherwise you will look down on each other. So before dating someone, you must carefully consider what the other person may wear and what it corresponds to. Only in this way can we quickly shorten each other's psychological distance and win goodwill and trust.
Third, the dress matters needing attention
(A) pay attention to harmony
The so-called dress harmony means that a person's dress should be consistent with his age, figure, occupation and occasion, showing a kind of harmony and giving people a sense of beauty. Specifically:
First of all, dress should be coordinated with age. Pay attention to age when dressing, and coordinate with age. Young people and old people have the right to dress themselves up, but when dressing up, we should pay attention to the fact that people of different ages have different dress requirements. Young people should wear bright, lively and casual clothes, which can fully reflect the vitality and youthful beauty of young people. Middle-aged and elderly people should pay attention to solemnity, elegance and neatness, show maturity and stability, and reveal the mature beauty that young people do not have. Therefore, whether you are young, middle-aged or old, as long as your clothes are in harmony with your age, you will show unique beauty.
Secondly, the dress should be coordinated with the body shape. There are different opinions about the standard of human beauty at all times and in all countries. According to the physical standards of our population, relevant experts put forward different body standards for men and women. The standard figure of women is: the bones are symmetrical and moderate. Specifically, when standing, the longitudinal axes of the head and neck, trunk and feet are on the same vertical line. The shoulders are slightly wider, the proportion of limbs, the proportion of head, neck and chest. Taking the navel as the boundary, the upper and lower ratio conforms to the "golden section" of 1.6 18: 1, which can also be expressed as nearly 8: 5. If the height is 160 cm, its ideal weight is 50-55 kg, shoulder width is 36-38 cm, chest circumference is 84-86 cm, waist circumference is 60-62 cm and hip circumference is 86-88 cm. The standard figure of a man should basically follow the principle that the arm level is higher than the height. If his height is 167 ~ 170cm, his ideal weight is 68 ~ 70kg, his chest circumference is 95 ~ 98cm, his waist circumference is 75 ~ 78cm, his neck circumference is 30 ~ 40cm, his upper arm circumference is 32 ~ 33cm and his thigh circumference is 50.
However, in real life, not everyone's body shape is ideal. People are more or less imperfect or lacking in body shape, tall or short, fat or thin. If you can choose the right clothes according to your body shape, and foster strengths and avoid weaknesses, you can realize the harmonious unity of clothing beauty and human beauty.
Generally speaking, for tall people, the coat should be appropriately lengthened, with a low round neck or wide and fluffy sleeves, and a wide skirt and shirt can give people a "short" feeling. It is best to choose dark, monochrome or soft colors for clothes. Short people should not wear clothes with big patterns or wide stripes. It's best to choose a light suit. The coat should be a little shorter, so that the legs stand out more than the upper body. Clothing styles should be concise and straight, and the upper and lower colors should be consistent. Fat people should choose materials with small patterns and straight stripes, preferably cool colors, in order to achieve the effect of "slimming". In terms of style, fat people should strive to be concise, with a slightly thinner waist and a middle seam at the back, rather than a collar, preferably a "V" collar; Thin people should choose clothes with bright colors, large flower patterns, squares and horizontal squares to give people a broad and robust visual effect. In terms of style, thin people should choose clothes with large size, upper and lower patterns, many changes, complexity and not too soft texture, and avoid wearing tights and dark clothes. In addition, people with darker skin color will get the color effect of bodybuilding by wearing light clothes, while people with whiter skin color will wear dark clothes, which can show the delicate and smooth skin.
Third, dress should be coordinated with occupation. Dress in harmony with your figure and figure, and also with your occupation. This is very important. Different occupations have different dress codes. For example, teachers and cadres should generally dress solemnly, not too coquettish or too weird, so as to leave a good impression; Doctors should try to appear stable and experienced, and generally don't wear too fashionable to give people a frivolous feeling, which is not conducive to the treatment of patients; Young students should wear simple, generous and neat clothes, not too adult; Actors and artists can dress in fashion according to their professional characteristics.
Finally, dress should be in harmony with the environment. Dress in harmony with your environment. Work and office are very serious places, so you should dress neatly and solemnly. When traveling, you should wear light clothes, so as to be relaxed and comfortable and easy to exercise. At home on weekdays, you can dress casually, but if you have a visitor, please sit down immediately and dress neatly. It would be impolite to receive guests only in underwear. In addition, in some special occasions, there are some special dress codes. For example, it is not appropriate to wear too simple and elegant for festive occasions; Don't dress too loosely and casually on solemn occasions; Don't dress too brightly for sad occasions, and so on. For these dress requirements, let's make a detailed introduction below.
(2) Pay attention to color
Color is one of the deepest impressions on clothing, and it is also the key to the success or failure of clothing to a great extent. Color stimulates others fastest, strongest and deepest, so it is called "the first thing that can be seen in clothing".
Generally speaking, different colors of clothing have different effects on different occasions. Therefore, we need to have a certain understanding of the symbolic meaning of color.
Black symbolizes mystery, sadness, silence and death, or is strong, firm and cold;
White symbolizes purity, brightness, simplicity, holiness, elegance, dullness or emptiness, hopelessness;
Yellow symbolizes fiery, bright, solemn, bright, noble and authoritative hope;
Bright red symbolizes vitality, enthusiasm, passion, unrestrained, celebration, happiness, love and revolution;
Pink symbolizes softness, warmth and gentleness;
Purple symbolizes modesty, calmness, composure and kindness;
Green symbolizes life, freshness, youth, regeneration, nature and vitality;
Light blue symbolizes purity, freshness, tranquility and dream;
Deep blue symbolizes confidence, calmness, calmness and profundity;
Gray is the middle color, symbolizing neutrality, friendliness and elegance.
When people wear clothes, they should not only consider their own personality, hobbies and seasons, but also consider other people's impressions and occasions. Therefore, Wei Yong in the Ming Dynasty said in "Margins" that spring clothes should be clear, summer clothes should be cool, autumn clothes should be elegant, and winter clothes should be bright; See the guest should be reloaded; Travel lightly; Wear plain clothes under the flower; Suitable for Xue Yili. The ancient people's attention to clothing is really worth learning.
For the average person, if you want to succeed in clothing color, the most important thing is to master the characteristics of color, the collocation of color, and the choice of formal color.
First of all, the characteristics of color. Colors are cold and warm, light and heavy, and flexible.
The warmth and coldness of color. The colors that make people feel warm, warm and excited are warm colors, such as red and yellow, and the colors that make people feel cold, restrained and calm are called cool colors, such as blue, black and green.
The weight of color. The change degree of color brightness is called lightness. Colors with different lightness often give people different feelings. The lighter the color, the stronger the lightness, which makes people feel rising and light. The lighter the color. The weaker the lightness, the more droopy and heavy it makes people feel. People's daily clothes are usually shallow on the top and deep on the bottom.
The contraction and expansion of color. Colors with different wavelengths give people different feelings of contraction or expansion. Generally speaking, cool colors and dark colors are contraction colors, while warm colors and light colors are expansion colors. When applied to clothing, the former makes people slim and the latter makes people plump. Both of them can make people foster strengths and avoid weaknesses in appearance, and if they are not used properly, they will make a fool of themselves in appearance.
Secondly, the collocation of colors. Color matching mainly includes unification method, contrast method and echo method.
Unified law. That is, when matching colors, try to use various colors with different lightness in the same color system, and match them according to different shades to create a sense of harmony. For example, if you wear a suit in a unified way, you can choose to match it like this. If the gray system is used, it can be gradually lightened from the outside to the inside. Dark gray suit-tie with light gray background pattern-white shirt. This method is used for clothing color matching in workplace or solemn social occasions.
Contrast method. That is to say, when matching colors, cool colors, dark colors and bright and dark colors with opposite characteristics are used to combine. It can make clothing form a strong contrast in color, seek movement in silence and highlight personality. However, pay attention to one thing. When using the contrast method, we should avoid the contrast between the upper and lower parts, otherwise it will give people a feeling of being stabbed. To find the golden section, that is, the third point of height (that is, between the fourth button and the fifth button from top to bottom), it is aesthetic.
Echo method. That is, in color matching, the same color is deliberately used in some related parts to make it echo from a distance and produce aesthetic feeling. For example, men who wear suits in social situations pay attention to "three unifications". The so-called "three unifications" means that men should make their briefcases, belts and leather shoes the same color on formal occasions, which is the application of this law.
Third, the color of the dress. Casual clothes worn in informal occasions do not require high color, and they can often let themselves drift, while clothes worn in formal occasions should pay more attention to color. Generally speaking, the number of formal colors is required to be small, and it is best to control it within three colors. This helps to maintain the overall conservative style of formal dress, concise and harmonious. If there are more than three colors in formal clothes, it gives people a complicated and vulgar feeling. Formal colors should generally be monochrome, dark and without patterns. The most standard official colors are blue, gray, brown and black. The color of shirts is preferably white, and the color of shoes, socks and briefcases is preferably dark (black is the most common).
In addition, skin color is also related to the color of clothes. People with light yellow skin, that is, people with white skin, are not so picky about color, and clothes of any color are suitable, especially black underwear without color matching, which will be more tactile. People with dark yellow or light brown skin should try to avoid wearing dark clothes, especially dark brown and purple clothes. Generally speaking, it is more appropriate for people of this color to choose red and yellow clothes. People with yellowish or pale skin color, it is best not to wear purple clothes, so as not to make their faces appear yellow-green, which will aggravate the morbid feeling; People with dark red skin should avoid wearing red and light green clothes and should wear light yellow and white clothes.