Have you ever heard someone say "You can tell a lot about someone by how they dress" and wondered if that was true? What you wear can inform (passer-by) of your type of employment, as well as your ambitions, emotions and spending habits.
In early civilizations, the key purpose of clothing was (keep) us warm. Today, central heating warms our homes, (reduce) our dependence on clothes alone to help us to survive. Clothes (develop) from previous practical belongings to today's social markers: they affect the way we see (us). They help us to be seen in the light that we wish to be, and also bring our personalities and social status.
In many societies, dress sense represents personal wealth and taste. For example, Economist George Taylor demonstrated this most (vivid) with the Hemline Index (裙摆指数). Taylor noted that as a country enters recession (衰退) and adopts simply spending habits, women often show a preference towards (long) dresses, while during times of prosperity (繁荣), opposite result can be seen—hemlines often become shorter.
Whether you are male or female, your fashion choices can affect both your self-image, the impression you convey to others and in turn, the way in which people behave towards you.
YOU ARE WHAT YOU WEAR!
