Dressing for Success

Having been in the clothing care industry for most of my life, I have seen the business-wear trends swing from suits to khakis and golf shirts. Right now, we seem to be settling in the middle.

My best advice :: Look around your industry and see what others are wearing to work and to meet their clients, then step it up a notch. If you are a photographer and you see your colleagues working in jeans and polos, think about dressing more fashion forward...your potential clients will notice! In our family business, most customer service reps wear casual pants and a simple top. Our best CSR, and the customer's favorite, dresses up a little more, though. She almost always wears a skirt and jewelry, just to handle other people's dirty clothes! But...she also commands respect and our customers feel that she is to be trusted with their expensive clothing.

Clothes don't make the man...but they can say alot about you!