RE: The psychology of enclothed cognition (clothes DO make the man)
I do have a special outfit that makes my heart sing. In fact I have two.
Motorcycle riding suits. One is warm weather one is for foul weather. The warm weather set is personal to me and I have a pretty good pile of 'tried' stuff. The foul weather suit was made in 1988 and has around 600,000 miles on it. I am the second owner...
Other than that I basically wear gym grade stuff. Old is good. Most of my T shirts have something on them, like a sports team or a motorcycle event. My clothes are take it or leave it.
I did the suit thing for a while, but the truth of the matter is I have worn a tie exactly one time in the last 20 years (I have a standing New Years Resolution to not wear a tie. I broke it for my sister in law's funeral). I no longer own so much as a pair of wool slacks.
So I'm guessing that says something about me. Maybe I don't want to improve my cognition!
Thanks Petra. As always a well written and researched article that I so appreciate from you.
And I am sure you look great in both of those outfits and that they have quite a history with you! 💚