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First Impressions

First Impressions. Union Mine High School Fashion Design. What is your first thought?. First Impressions. No matter who you are, people are judged by first impressions. What first impression have you formed lately about different people you’ve met?

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First Impressions

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  1. First Impressions Union Mine High SchoolFashion Design

  2. What is your first thought?

  3. First Impressions No matter who you are, people are judged by first impressions. What first impression have you formed lately about different people you’ve met? First impression affect your judgment of others, just as your own appearance and behavior affect what others think about you.

  4. What does clothing communicate? Personality Conformity Individuality

  5. Personality Personality is an individual’s unique combination of mental, emotional, and social qualities. You express your personality though attitudes, emotions, and behavior. Your personality influences the clothing styles you prefer. In turn, your clothing choices can reflect your changing moods and self-image.

  6. Emotions • Emotions can affect clothing choices. If you’re happy and cheerful, you may reach for bright bold colors. If you’re feeling down, you may subconsciously select dark colors.

  7. Self - Concept • Thoughts about who you are and what you’re like can be positive, negative, or somewhere in between. • People with positive self0concept often have a sense of pride in appearance than influences what clothing they decide to wear and how they take care f it. • Negative Self-Concept can be projected too – through mannerisms as well as clothing.

  8. Conformity • To feel good about themselves, most people want approval from others. • Through conformity, a teen goes along with certain standards, attitudes, or practices followed by a group.

  9. Peer Pressure • The peer group’s push to conform is called peer pressure. Clothing that doesn’t fit the group’s standards may be criticized.

  10. Individuality • People often need to fit in – but they also feel the need to be original in some way. • As a teen’s self-confidence grows, the need to express individuality increase. • Individuality is the total combination of characteristics that set one person apart from another.

  11. Assignment • First Impressions • From the internet, a magazine or a newspaper, cut/paste three pictures of people on a sheet of paper. Write your impression of each person based on the clothing worn on a separate sheet of paper. Also write about what type of job you think they do – what is their story? Exchange your pictures with a friend or classmate and repeat the activity. Compare descriptions. What does this activity suggest about first impressions. (Min. 3 sentence response.)

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