At every stage of development, clothes can help establish a person’’s identity for himself and for those with whom he interacts. The childhood game of "dressing up" in parents’’ 1 provides the opportunity for the child to 2 the roles he will be 3 to play in adult life.
The degree 4 which a person chooses clothes that 5 the roles will affect his performance in those roles. Clothes are an important factor in developing 6 of self-confidence and self-respect, 7 when you look good, you feel good. For most people, clothes are often a source of 8 reaction from others, since in our culture we are more 9 to compliment a person on his 10 than on other 11 of the "self"
Most Americans also 12 that a proper appearance and proper dress are the keys 13 association with the right crowd, which 14 opens the doors to job advancement, increased income, and greater prestige.
Our clothing needs are 15 by a multitude of circumstances, because buying motives are 16 simple. The first step in the decision-making process is to make a 17 ordering of the things that are important to us. If a person recognizes and 18 the priorities of his values― e. g. , that his status and prestige may be more important than his physical comfort―his 19 of clothing is not only simplified, but more likely to 20 him greater satisfaction.