The Role of the Nonverbal Communication in Interpersonal Relations

Communication is an art we have to master especially in those professions that involve interpersonal relations, emotionally, diplomatically and historically charged. In the present paper we challenge a topic sometimes underestimated: the signals and messages we transmit by nonverbal communication in interpersonal relations. Nonverbal communication is inevitable, as it refers to the transmitting of information and to the influencing of behaviours and reactions of humans. Artefacts, i.e. clothing, jewellery, sartorial accessories transmit information regarding gender, age, economical, social and professional status. What we wish to draw the attention on is a case study belonging to the diplomatic stage, respectively a career diplomat's way of interpersonally communicating through sartorial accessories worn during a series of high –ranking meetings.