Different types of psychology


Psychology of Clothing

A woman is walking along the street, herand impeccable seams. If earlier it was
attire catches everybody's eyes: she isimpossible to go out wearing the same dress
clothed in the latest fashion. She drawsmore than once, now "grunge" style praises
everybody's attention, including yours, notscruffiness, as if it is saying: we are
only with her toilet, but also with consciouswearing  the  same  cloth  all  the  time!
superiority. Are you delighted? Are you
envious?Nevertheless, all this crude "old" cloth
surpasses all reasonable prices. Some Levi's
Vainly! In fact, her appearance - is anmodels cost more than 6 thousands of dollars!
evidence of her deep inner complexes. ThereThis trend, often causing associations with
is a science "psychology of clothing", wherehippie from Beatles days, displays neglect to
the concept "fashion victim" - is not acloth and a challenge to social inequality.
popular phrase, but a clinical diagnosis.However, psychologists consider that a style
Orientation exceptionally on the last word inof "chic rubbish heap", which bourgeoisie
fashion - is a sign of heightenedadded to its arsenal, says about its
hypochondria, a woman's psychologicalself-destruction and can even be treated as
dependence on other people's opinion,asking forgiveness for sins - similarly to
uncultivated  self-respect.medieval  monastic  rags.
According to psychologists, a man, whose4. Exotic (ethnic) style. Hindu, Chinese,
costume is extremely considered (no matterArabian and other oriental motives can be
which one, even a skiing one), often tries tojust a fashionable detail for one people, and
hide his colossal diffidence and prove hisa completed style and manner of clothing for
value, attract attention and sometimes toother people. Such choice testifies to one's
confirm his superiority with the help of somethirst for traveling, mental escape to exotic
attire.countries, where everything is not so grey,
like around. Exotic style, covered with
All-sufficient, steady people with variousbright national legends and traditions, says
interests usually dress in rather simple way,about one's wish to live in a fairy-tale,
not showing off, and interest in new trendsescape from reality to some dream world. But
reasonably, not hunting for new labels. Theyit can also be a sign of belonging to
feel quite comfortable wearing as old jeans,culture, philosophy of some country, for
as an evening toilet (as a rule, ratherexample,  Buddhism.
reserved).
5. Military style. Khaki color, camouflage
Moreover, to psychologists' opinion, one canpattern, details, peculiar to military cloth,
discern some certain type ofhigh heavy boots - some women do like this
self-consciousness  behind  each  style.style. You have not to be a psychologist to
understand that this means escape from
1. Classic style. Its main feature - arefeminine, a wish to gain a foothold in such
moderation and traditional nature inmasculine qualities, like decisiveness and
combination with fashionable trends withoutpower. A clue to one's love for uniform (and
carrying to extremes. Quite self-confidentfor man's style in general) should be
people, who do not feel any heightenedsearched in childhood, in too strict father's
necessity to prove their magnitude to otherupbringing, often military people, or fathers
people, moreover using clothing, keep to thisdreaming about son and bringing up daughters,
style.like  she  was  a  boy...
2. Sporty style. Prominent organization men,6. Country style. Variegated skirt, loose
bankers and other rich men, who always used ablouse, decorated with patterns, laces or
style "costume-cravat", suddenly begandrawn-work, shoes without heels, simple
sweeping away jogging shoes, sporting cloth,beads, straw hat - these are attributes of
rucksacks or sportive bags from counters.natural, or country style. Simple, natural
Yes, of course, today an idea of youthfulcloths and simple-minded, plain patterns are
appearance and healthy way of living hastypical for it. This style can be a sign of
seized a strong hold on our minds, but thisone's nostalgia on country life or testify
does not mean all these people decided to goabout one's ecologic views. A straw hat and a
in for sport or invigoration. This clothchintz skirt are saying with one accord with
became a standard not only for exercising,their possessor: we are not synthetic, we are
but also for rest, vacation. A turn tonatural!
visible simplicity and liberation means
striving of well-to-do sections to "complete7. "La Femme Fatal". This style is
with  poor",  as  psychologists  consider.everlasting, but it is marked with
fashionable attributes: high-heel shoes,
3. Grunge style. A style of "shabby cloth"skirt with cut, deep décolleté, strings
gave designers a good task! They are cuttingand open-work stocking. A woman-temptress, a
off and out, ripping up, soaking cloth inwoman-vamp, oversteps the limits of elegant
chloric acid, pressing, imitating spots andmoderation venturesomely, and self-affirms,
patches knowingly - they do all these thingsas an object of men's lust. Strangely enough,
only because a "grunge" style has come intothe choice of this style does not always mean
fashion. Tattered pullovers, dresses, cominga woman's heightened sexuality. We can rather
unraveled, dirty jeans are sold in leadingsay that such woman does not see any other
couturier's shops and ordinary boutiques.advantages in herself, which could attract
This is a challenge to elegance, strugglemen's attention to her and cause their
with stylishness, expensive refined clothsdelight.



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