psychology life facts.

Fashion.

1) A female job candidate who is dressed in a masculine style is more likely to get appointed than one who is over-feminised.

2) A man in a tailor-made suit is thought to be more confident and more trustworthy than a man in an off-the-peg suit.

3) A wide shoulder line creates a visual illusion that offsets wide hips.

4) After trying on clothing men are more than twice as likely as women to buy.

5) Choosing the right clothes can make a person less anxious and less depressed.

6) Clothes in the future will be able to transmit a physical hug.

7) Diagonal lines placed on the body in the form of clothing detail or fabric create a slimmer illusion.

8) Dress sense is what men notice first in a woman (before face and body). Women notice face, smile and eyes first in a man.

9) Dressing in a uniform associated with brutality unleashes aggressive behaviours.

10) Long lines for the changing rooms? Avoid them altogether with this pants hack! If you wrap the waistband of pants around your neck you can proportionally see if they will fit your waist. If the waist doesn’t meet each other behind your head, you probably need a size up.

11) Men are more likely to approach a women for a date if she is wearing red.

12) Men check themselves in a mirror or reflection twice as often as women.

13) Most women wear less than half of the clothes they own, this is true of only one in five men.

14) Nine out of ten women own at least one item of clothing they have never worn. This is true of only a third of men.

15) Offenders receive a harsher sentence in court if they are wearing black.

16) Patients put more trust in a doctor who wears a white coat.

17) People are more willing to give money to someone whose dress style resembles their own.

18) People show more mental agility when wearing a white coat they believe is a doctor's, but not if they are told it's a painter's coat.

19) People stand further away from others who wear dated or unfashionable dress.

20) People think they are physically stronger when wearing a Superman t-shirt.

21) People walk faster when approaching someone wearing red than wearing blue.

22) People who dress like the boss are more likely to be appointed and get promoted quicker.

23) Provocatively dressed women are judged as being less competent than those who cover up.

24) Runners are more likely to greet other runners who are wearing similar kit.

25) Sharpies can be a great way to help cover bleach stains! This might seem strange, but if you get a bleach stain on your black clothes, you can take a black sharpie and color over the bleach spots. Just fill in the affected areas and no one will know the difference.

26) The human eye takes longer to travel across patterned fabrics, this makes the body appear larger.

27) Vertical lines on clothing create a longer illusion, but curves or bumps interrupting the lines create the opposite effect.

28) Wearing all one colour blurs the dividing lines and make the body look slimmer.

29) Women are twice as likely as men to own more then ten pairs of shoes.

30) Women are twice as likely to wear jeans when depressed than when happy.

31) Women dress more provocatively when ovulating i.e. when at their most fertile.

32) Women perform worse on a maths test if wearing a swimsuit than in a sweater.