Acknowledgments In Fashion

Acknowledgments
First and foremost I would like to thank Almighty Allah for giving me the will and strength to complete this dissertation to the best of my honest abilities. I would also like to thank my supervisor Dr. Siraj Jamal Siddiqui for giving me the opportunity to work on this topic under his supervision and for providing me with all the help and support I needed to keep myself motivated to finish this task, all of this would not have been possible without the help of all my friends and all those people who helped me finish my research. Last but not the least; I would thank Iqra University for giving me the privilege to study under some of the best teachers and professors a student can ask for and helping me reach the finishing line

People generally dress in a way that makes them feel comfortable in their own skin and thus present their personality to the public. Dressing attire may have an influence over the perceptions that other people make about someone, it may be a source of generating an image and used to build an impression in front of other people, Apart from the external influences that clothing has there are internal influences too that help individuals generate a perception about themselves and how clothing makes them feel. Although dressing attire is considered a major factor in building a “first impression”, Study shows that although fashion has always been a female domain but now men are increasingly showing interest in fashion and becoming appearance conscious, thus, using it to create and uphold an identity for themselves. Dressing is now not only a covering used to impress others but rather also a form of self-definition where individuals try to flaunt their traits through their dressing attire (Howlett et al., 2013). Research has shown that the style of workplace attire has a considerable impact on the way one feels about themselves and different styles of dressing invoke different feelings amongst people, formal business attire made respondents feel more authoritative and competent while casual attire made them feel more relaxed. It is evident that professional business attire appropriate for the organizational environment made respondents feel like they had greater power and influence over other members within their workplace (Peluchette & Karl, 2007). The first impression that you build is directly proportional to the way you dress and how it makes you feel about yourself because your attire is a representation of your personality and in case of professionals it acts as a symbol of their social identity. The way a person dresses translates his/her personality and can