Maridel S.J.

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Jed Aira F. Torres
Homer Paulo Macawili
 To be able to choose your wardrobe for work wisely
 To be able to develop your own style
 To be able to enumerate some shopping rules
 Go shopping alone or with a single friend whose taste you trust.
 Be sure you are groomed, for the kinds of clothes you will be
trying on.
 Find a sales person and tell him what you are looking for.
 Be sure that you return garments to hanger if you decide against
buying them and let the salesperson know your decision.
 Do not choose a costly blouse/skirt that goes with nothing in your
closet, or that complements skirt/pants that may have only that
may have only a few months of wear left.
 Choose what you feel has he staying power to become a tradition.
 Do not overlook underclothing.
 Preshopping or window shopping is recommended before
actual buying.
 Doing your buying during sales is also not such a good
idea, because these buys don’t add up to much in the long
run.
 Think twice before shopping with a friend. A friend is a
distraction and may keep you from focusing on what you
came for.
 A friend’s taste and aims may be different from yours.
 A friend may choose clothes which he/ she would choose
for himself but not appropriate for you.
 Avoid shopping out of loneliness. Shopping for the wrong
reasons brings out wrong results.
 Don’t shop for bargains. Don’t judge merchandise by its
price tag.
 The vertical line – is the line which runs lengthwise from
head to toe. It creates an illusion of height and makes a
person look taller. It is deal for the plump person.

 The horizontal line – is a line cutting across from side to

side. It cuts heights and adds width. Contrasting colors in
two-piece outfits create horizontal lines and minimize
height.
 The 1st principle in decorating yourself is understanding not
only what colors are right for you, but which shades and
clarities of those colors you should wear.
 What makes color effective? Simply the way it looks on you,
against your skin, your hair, your eyes – in short your overall
coloring.
 The primary colors are RED, BLUE, and YELLOW.
 Secondary and tertiary colors are combinations of these:
Red + Blue = Violet
Red + Yellow = Orange
Blue + Yellow = Green
 Monochromatic
 Complementary
 Analogous
 Triadic
 This color combination
results in the use of the
same color , but different
shades. An example of this
is brown, light brown, and
beige.
 This results in the use of
two colors, opposite to
each other in the color
wheel. Examples are red
and green, etc.
 This combination uses two
colors beside each other
in the color wheel.
Examples are blue and
green, etc.
 This combination is made
up of three colors that
form an equidistant
triangle on the color
weheel. These are purple,
green, and yellow, etc.
 Age and Gender
 Season and Time
 Size and shape of the body
 Color of skin, eyes, and hair
 Occasion
 Fashion
 Personality
 Skirts are working woman's chief means of multiplying her wardrobe.
 She should have at least one straight style, with a split or pleat.
 Line skirts are also basic and figure-flattering.
 The softly gathered skirt is another easy style to wear and work with.
 Pleated styles, on the other hand, generally require a taller, thinner
figure to look most attractive.
 Two solid skirts, a third in a plaid and a fourth in a print in the styles
mentioned earlier, offer the most possibilities of combination.
 The most popular blouse is the man-tailored blouse with
sport collar and front buttons. (also called Trubenized shirt)

 Few basic colors needed to have a variety of uses: Beige,

Cream and White.

 Use blouse to provide second or third color to an outfit.

 For junior executives to the executive level, suits are a must.

 It can go anywhere and can be dressed up or down

depending upon the occasion.
 Blazers and jackets are very much a part of today's look.
The combination of a jacket's style and fabric determines
how dressy it is.
 A basic daytime dress should be chosen for versatility

 Have at least one dress in a solid color, preferably in a

neutral shade or a lightweight fabric.

 Avoid printed dresses for the office.

 Formal
 Should be simple and elegant if it is meant to be worn for
many occasions.
 Usually a long evening dress.
 Informal
 Could be a two-piece outfit like a long skirt or wide leg
pants, blouses, scarves and probably velvet blazers.
 Dresses should be of soft fabrics like quiana, jersey or
chiffon.
 For the office the most common attire is a polo barong or
barong shirt for formal meetings.

 Polo shirts with sports collar are acceptable for clerks and
messengers.

 For evening wear the most acceptable dress for men is the
barong in jusi or the suit or the "coat and tie" and tuxedo in
the most formal occasion.
 Business wear for men is fairly uniform and differences
depends on the individual's nationality, profession and
location.
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 Informal business wear is worn often by people in creative
professions such as advertising, publishing, entertainment
and fashion-oriented industries.

 A banker in formal suit would look a little too slick to be

acceptable to clients who probably would be more
comfortable with conservative, more predicatable apparel
with no fashion tricks.
 Service Professional are based on contract between
professional client in an informal environment.
 Examples are in professions of Teaching, Consumer Sales,
and Public Administration.
 Persons in this profession must present an image of
competence that gains the respect of his audience.
 You do not leave the clothing you have worn lying
anywhere.
 Soiled items should be put aside for laundering or cleaning
necessary repairs.
 All clothing should be returned to proper hanger.
 Use Shaped jacket hangers for blazers.
 Clothing should hang outside the closet overnight before
placed within a closed are.
 Shoes should be stuffed with tissue or with cedar shoe
trees.
 Casual dress denotes sports or relaxed attire and is
appropriate for barbecues, patio, and pool parties, casual
suppers sporting events.
 Informal dress before 6 o'çlock signifies an afternoon dress
for the women and for the man "coat and tie" or a dark or
light business suit. With the exception of the late afternoon
party that may extend beyond 6 o'çlock or the informal
supper, to which the afternoon dress is worn by the woman
and the sports jacket or blazer optional for the man, after 6
o'clock the woman may wear a very dressy afternoon dress
or a short or long cocktail, party, or dinner dress or suit of a
dressy but conservative fabric; A dark or light business suit
is worn by the man.
 Connotes that the woman wears short or long cocktail,
party, or dinner dress or suit of a dressy to very dressy
fabric; evening dress with jacket. Before 6 o'clock, the man
wears a dark suit and after 6 may wear a dark suit or a
dinner jacket with a black silk bow tie.
 Means the woman wears a late afternoon dress and the man
a dark suit before 6 in the evening. After 6, formal dress
falls into two categories: "Black Tie" and "White Tie"
 Denotes a double or single breasted dinner jacket with
satin or grossgrain faille lapels; matching trousers without
cuffs and with a narrow strip of faille or satin down the
sides to match the lapels of the dinner jacket; starched
white shirt with tucked front and wing or fall dead collar
and french cuffs, worn with studs and cluffinks: black satin
bow tie; black patent shoes and black silk stockings; and
gray chamois of back skin gloves.
 When man wears, "black tie", The woman wears a long or
short dinner dress, which, if strapless or extremely bare, is
worn with a matching or coordinated jacket.
 Denotes full dress. The woman wears a ball gown and real
jewerly.
 Long above-the-elbow, eighteen-button, white glace kid
gloves may be worn with sleeveless gowns.
 The man wears a long black tailcoat with satin lapels and
matching trousers with a narrow braid stripe; black patent
pumps and black silk stockings; white pique waistcoat;
starched white shirt with bib front and french cuffs of pique
bow tie and white kid or bleached chamois gloves.
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