Grooming and Etiquette

Creating a winning professional image. Just like product branding, if customer can fall for the product at the first sight, the branding is successful. In short, first impression. The moment you decide to put behind your specialized skill , you have committed yourself in the naked combat with others, to impress the people you met. Unlike engineering field where you settle amicably in the comfort zone once you developed the expertise that people rarely have, even if the boss is not impress, he still needs your skill to complete the puzzle.

Hence, utmost gratitude to my company for having such session for us. Below is the key areas we should be aware of:

Communication: Visual (body Language) : 58%
Vocal : 38%
Verbal : 7%
Talking about clothes matching, 3 areas to look after:- Warm and cool, Dirty and clean , contrast
Warm colors are more yellowish: brown, cream, teal, olive green, brightred, peach,violet  CANNOT mix with cool colors such as Blue, fresh green, pink, gray, purple. Black/white is neutral/cool.

Dirty/clean :  Pinkish complexion people can wear either all dirty/ clean clothes, but for yellowish people like me =.=" i have to wear clean colors shirt, if not i will become invisible. Colors such as gray blue, light brown will makes me unnoticeable.

Contrast: make sure there is only one pattern from the shirt  and tie, although both can be stripped differently, but only one should be noticed.

Repeat your colours. Edge of calf with "V" area exposed, repeat color of tie

Tie : Length of tie should be at the belt buckle.
Belt should be 2 fingers wide

Hierarchy:
Coat/blazer/suit : Suits that got extra pine strip has higher hierarchy, Younger people goes for 2 vents. Shirt sleeves need to come out from suit slightly, 2 buttons and 3 buttons no different.

Shirt : Plain shirt > Pine > chalk strip shirt in terms of hierarchy. Do not buy Durban/John Master/ Elba which the design is usually not slim fit type. Brands such as Seeds, Padini and Topman should be the choice.The top opening should only allows 2 fingers width

Calf-ling: makes thin and malnourished looking people like me gain the banker look, since i am lack of the round prosperous face.

Pant : Never get the wide/baggy/ too long pants, must be able to allows the sight of butt protrude sharp. No strips/flips at the front. 

Shoes : best with square front, round seems old fashion and makes u look shorter, best with lace called oxford shoes.

Handshakes : while shaking hand, always held your left hand behind customer to be warmer. (forget what purpose d)

Meeting client: always be on your customers right side, cornering tactic and left brain interpretation is more positive

Introduce to people with higher authority first rather than the reverse way. 


More about table etiquette and face cleansing in the later part