Dopamine dressing: can be colorful clothes make you really happier?

Style After a denial, we can no longer get around them: with temperatures below freezing is winter now truly in the country. Do you feel also tired faster and you prikkelbaarder? Then once you are all the most colorful clothing. According to experts ‘dopamine dressing’ the way to the winter blues. But is it really a colorful garment impact on your mood?

“Colourful clothing has a great influence. If you choose a bright color, then give a signal to other people. Research has shown that men and women in a red dress find more attractive than the same women in a dress with a different color. Who outfit in a bright color wearing, radiates self-assurance. Bright colors are for the brave. They also function often as ‘conversation starters’, and so are able to break the ice,” explains trendwatcher and become a color expert Hilde francq is a of trendstudio francq is a Colors.

“do you Know the research that shows that (even forced) smile as happier? That seems like a reverse logic. We expect that a smile is the result of a feeling of happiness, not the cause. According to me, the same goes for bright colorful clothing. You put them on and you'll automatically be more cheerful feel. So yes, I do believe in dopamine dressing,” says francq is a.

Also, within the fashion world is that colors ‘en vogue’. On the last zomershows sent among others, Calvin Klein, Valentino, Balenciaga, Gucci, Dries Van Noten, Marine Conservatory, Jacquemus and Victoria Beckham silhouettes down the catwalk in knalkleuren. But also next to the catwalk wearing fashionistas are ever more colorful outfits.

Especially in the High North, where she is so well known for their minimalist Scandinavian style in sober colors, falls the conversion. Suddenly there are brands like Saks Potts, Ganni and Rodebjer who is crazy for color and print and also score. Well-known Danish and Swedish influences such as Marie Jedig, Trine Kjær and Pernille Teisbaek traded in their black and grey clothing in colourful ensembles and saw their number of followers on social media will only increase. Since an ever larger group of people inspired by Instagram, which of course influence. Even in Belgium, where beige and grey predominate, spotting more and more colour on the street.

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