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Are the terms 鈥渄ress for success,鈥� and 鈥渄ress for the job you want, not the job you have,鈥� still applicable in a world where CEOs wear hoodies, and company dress codes are increasingly lax?

The work wardrobe topic isn鈥檛 written about much anymore, as my Google searches haven鈥檛 turned up anything more recent than 2016. But if you ask me, the old adages still apply鈥�and behavioral science agrees.

cites a from the Social Psychological and Personality Science Journal which found evidence that individuals who dressed in a formal fashion performed better on cognitive tasks.

In the same year, . The paper cited a 2014 study showing that clothes with 鈥渉igh social status鈥� can increase 鈥渏ob performance in 鈥榟igh-stakes鈥� competitive tasks.鈥�

Let鈥檚 be clear: neither these paper authors nor I are suggesting you drive to Atlanta and blow your savings on designer clothes before your internship.

not label. Use your internship to scope out 鈥渙ffice style icons鈥� as well as career mentors to set yourself up for serious success come your entr茅e to full-time work. If your office allows jeans, don鈥檛 wear anything that looks like it鈥檚 been rescued from the jaws of a grizzly bear (I don鈥檛 care how trendy it is). If it looks like something a Kardashian might wear to the club, it鈥檚 not appropriate for the office. And no, putting a blazer on does not make that too-short-skirt business professional.

Your internship (and arguably every day of your full-time job) is an interview for the next step. Dress in a way that makes you feel confident, and inspires others to have confidence in you. 

Maybe you鈥檒l even consider adopting a sort of 鈥渦niform.鈥� There鈥檚 a slew of articles about the benefits of a minimalist wardrobe, and tips on how to get there (See , and ).

If you鈥檙e feeling ambitious, try to 鈥渄ress for success鈥� out of the office, too (you never know who you might run into). Think more , and less or .

In a perfect world, we wouldn鈥檛 judge books by their covers, but we do. So, make your first impression (and every impression after that) the best it can be so your career is the best it can be!