🤝 Instinctive choices, while helpful, remain subconscious, and not in our control. We should keep that control and aim to put thought into how our clothes will help us shape an outcome and achieve our objectives.

🦾 While clothing can serve as an armour to boost confidence, 'power dressing’ has several meanings. Its real ‘power’ lies in authentic self-expression.

👘 Our clothes are a costume, shaping the character we want to present to the world. They communicate messages of identity and purpose, which can shift depending on the environments we are in.
🦾 While clothing can serve as an

Our key takeaways from the morning include:

🧠 The brain forms a judgment about someone’s appearance in less than a second. Even if fashion isn’t a priority, and whether we want it to or not, what we wear still reflects who we are.

Together they led a thought-provoking discussion on how clothing shapes identity and confidence, with Ray and Carolyn presenting workshops on building character through wardrobe and on using fashion psychology to boost confidence.

We celebrated #InternationalWomensDay early with author of The Psychology of Fashion Prof Carolyn Mair PhD and BAFTA Cymru winning costume designer Ray Holman, in conversation with Raedas co-founder Joana Rego and associate managing director Isabel A..