
Originally Posted by
ab_initio
^^ There is such thing as : "You need to dress the part".
In school, even without our professors compelling us to follow the dress code, we would rather fail in a bloody recitation with grace and style. This holds true in courts, lawyers would always look at how big the pearls the other female lawyers are wearing. Look at the female justices and the even Justice Secretary Delima, they got the biggest south sea pearls. There is a silent rule on this, wear 15 or over. It's about giving your dress and accessories the job to do the intimidation or say things that you won't be able to. If you have the finest things, then you will lord it over, if you control the arguments. That is what we call form and substance. The two should go together.
In my early years of practice, I bought the most expensive piņa and it worked to my advantage. It concealed my inexperience.Now, I am a bit relaxed...it's giving the first impression. It's introducing yourself to the world of sharks. I believe this is true in any other employment environment. Well, young executives like Mark Zuckerberg might be an exception, also the late S. Jobs...
I always like using sonnet in signing legal documents and clients notice that. Once clients noticed it, you'll stop buying those, they buy it for you. Even my husband likes buying pens for me. I prefer blue.