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First impressions matter |

Saturday, 13 March 2010
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If you're a man in the dating arena, you might want to pay some attention to this. Women looking for potential dates agree that first impression matters and this is best conveyed by what the man is wearing. Is he scruffy or does he take care in his appearance? Women tend to agree that wearing a shirt is a very good way to achieve this. Simply put, a shirt looks smarter and more formal than a t-shirt which equates casual, comfort, everyday wear or no effort at all, however expensive the t-shirt is.
So if you are looking for a date, the first step you can take is to dress smartly and the easiest way to achieve that is with a men's shirt. Jeans and t-shirts mean without a doubt casual but team a shirt with jeans and you give it a degree of smartness without trying to hard. You can up it up further by wearing a jacket over it. No need to go overboard with a suit as depending on the environment you are in, you may look overdressed and come across as trying to hard. Can you choose the right shirt?Beware, a creased shirt is a fashion faux-pas in the dating arena. To a woman, everything is wrong about it and you could even be better off with a t-shirt instead! A creased shirt spells out that you can't be bothered to iron, or you didn't pay attention to what you were wearing. Wearing a crisp ironed shirt on the other hand sends out the message that you are capable of looking after yourself and doing the ironing yourself too. It also means that you pay attention to detail. Women are not after a careless, dishevelled-looking guy. If you can't look after yourself, how can she hope you will look after her? Well, let's hope a sharply ironed shirt doesn't mean for some women that your mother ironed it for you! You can't please everyone after all.
What colour shirt are you going to choose? This is such a minefield: people have their own individual taste in colour and unless you know what colour your date likes, you could be heading in the wrong direction. Try pink and some might like it. Get the shade wrong and others could question your sexuality. You'd be better off playing it safe and unimaginative. This means sticking to white or blue. And don't go too bold on the blue, some women might say your shirt is loud! If you opt for the boring light blue, you might well give the first impression of being boring but let you personality win her over. Yes, it's hard to please women.
In the end, be relaxed. You don't want to go overboard with your appearance and seem to spend too much time preening yourself. Or horror of all, spend more time than her.
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