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.
Fredric
interesting note about the importance of material clothing over intimate contact with another person. are men really that bad?
thats so deep. i wonder if men were given the choice of sex, cars, money, and sports….which would be preferred.
anyways, speaking on the topic of ‘jeans that are great’, found an article in time about a website that aims to improve this match.
check out zafu.com
February 10, 2007 at 1:21 am
Anonymous
Well, I’m more into my hubby than my jeans…no matter how great they fit. I can always get more material items, like another pair of jeans that fit me just right. But there’s no replacement for your true love. Then again, they are talking about sex, not love, which indicates the perspective they are coming from. Just wait until they find their perfect mate…
February 10, 2007 at 3:22 am
Johnica J. Garrett
My beau takes a back seat to my couture handbags on a daily basis. He knows my YSL gets slightly more attention that he does!!
At least he can proudly rap along with Jaz Z…”your chic shop in the mall, my chic burnin’ down Bergdorf’s comin’ back with Birken Bags…your chic is like what type of purse is that?”…
February 10, 2007 at 4:30 pm
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