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Self-esteem doesn't come simply from dressing well, but they are both something we can control. It's a missed opportunity when women say they don't have the money, figure, etc., because style is such a way to help cultivate the way women feel about themselves.
Sep 29, 2025
Dressing well is an expression of manners.
There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes.
Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.
Being perfectly well-dressed gives a feeling of tranquillity that religion is powerless to bestow.
Being well-dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquility which psychoanalysis is powerless to bestow.
One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.
Dressing well is a kind of good manners, if you ask me. When you're standing in a room, your effect is the same as a chair's effect, or a sculpture's. You're part of someone's view, you're part of that world, and so you should dress well. I find it's a show of respect to try to put on your best face and look as good as you can.
Dressing well is a form of good manners.
When it comes to dressing well, American culture is so self-fulfilled that it has not only disregarded this courtesy of self-presentation, but has turned that disregard into a virtue. "We are too superior/busy/cool/not-uptight to bother about how we look to other people, and so we can wear pajamas to school and underwear to the mall.
I love glamorous women. Hugh adores glamour, as well. Im completely behind women dressing up and looking as good as they can.
I have heard with admiring submission the experience of the lady who declared that the sense of being well dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquility which religion is powerless to bestow.
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