Clothes have their basic functions. They protect us from (1) _______ of temperature; rain and wind provide a degree of modesty (2) _______ covering our bodies. (3) _____ is also important however, is the way clothing transmits messages about the wearer’s personality, attitudes, social status, behaviors and group allegiances. Some people are more sensitive to dress signals than others, but there are very few who (4) _______ to take clothes into account at all when forming first (5) _______ . To (6)_______ in with your social role and to be seen as a valid actor of your part, you usually have to look the part as well as act the part. (7)_______ eccentric managers and executives are able to dress in jeans and baggy pullovers, but they are very much in the (8) _______ . Clothes in the professional world are a kind of uniform and unwritten rules prescribe the standards and styles for everyone in the hierarchy. The (9) _______ to be accepted is neither to underdress nor overdress. If (10) _______ the rules can be combined with a little individual and personal flair, then the effect will be greater. Skill scarves, ties and other items that have no real function can communicate (11) _______ from political allegiance to temperament.