love is...
a really good pair of jeans
NEW YORK, Feb 5 (Reuters Life!) - For most women, the
choice between sex and a new wardrobe is simple -- they go for
the clothes.
Women on average say they would be willing to give up sex
for 15 months for a closet full of new apparel, with 2 percent
ready to abstain from sex for three years in exchange for new
duds, according to a new survey of about 1,000 women in 10 U.S.
cities.
Sixty-one percent of women polled said it would be worse to
lose their favorite article of clothing than give up sex for a
month.
"Some people say clothes make the man, but the right
clothes can even replace him," fashion designer, stylist and TV
personality Carson Kressley from the reality TV show "Queer Eye
for the Straight Guy" said in a statement accompanying the
poll.
The study also suggested that clothes often wear better
than relationships.
The average woman between 18 and 54 years of age has hung
on to her favorite article of clothing for 12 and a half years,
a year longer than she's held on to her longest relationship.
Almost three-quarters of respondents, or 70 percent, also
said they believed in love at first sight when it came to
finding the perfect article of clothing, while only 54 percent
of women were as confident in spotting the right man.
Nearly half of the women, or 48 percent, taking part in the
survey by consumer products giant Unilever said their favorite
article of clothing was more reliable than their man in giving
them confidence and making them feel sexy.
NEW YORK, Feb 5 (Reuters Life!) - For most women, the
choice between sex and a new wardrobe is simple -- they go for
the clothes.
Women on average say they would be willing to give up sex
for 15 months for a closet full of new apparel, with 2 percent
ready to abstain from sex for three years in exchange for new
duds, according to a new survey of about 1,000 women in 10 U.S.
cities.
Sixty-one percent of women polled said it would be worse to
lose their favorite article of clothing than give up sex for a
month.
"Some people say clothes make the man, but the right
clothes can even replace him," fashion designer, stylist and TV
personality Carson Kressley from the reality TV show "Queer Eye
for the Straight Guy" said in a statement accompanying the
poll.
The study also suggested that clothes often wear better
than relationships.
The average woman between 18 and 54 years of age has hung
on to her favorite article of clothing for 12 and a half years,
a year longer than she's held on to her longest relationship.
Almost three-quarters of respondents, or 70 percent, also
said they believed in love at first sight when it came to
finding the perfect article of clothing, while only 54 percent
of women were as confident in spotting the right man.
Nearly half of the women, or 48 percent, taking part in the
survey by consumer products giant Unilever said their favorite
article of clothing was more reliable than their man in giving
them confidence and making them feel sexy.