Men who wear pink shirts to work earn more and are better qualified than those who favour traditional colours such as white or blue, it has been revealed. Researchers also found men who wear pink are also more likely to get compliments from female colleagues and are typically more confident characters in the office.
The study found also one in four male employees feel more attractive when they don a pink shirt, whilst the average pink shirt wearer also earns £1,000 more a year than those who opt for other colours.
The poll of 1,500 male office workers revealed that men who wear a lot of purple or lilac have the most office romances, whereas those who liked to dress in standard blue had the least.
Men who wear pink are also twice as likely to have a Master’s degree than those who favour white shirts, with one in ten pink shirt wearers have a PHD.
Stephanie Thiers-Ratcliffe, International Marketing Manager for Cotton USA, which commissioned the study, said:
‘’You can tell a lot about someone by the color they wear- pink is a color more men have been embracing recently and it’s encouraging that they are not afraid to experiment with brighter colours.
“We spend most of our days at work and it’s good for company standards, our own confidence and work ethic to remain smart, but that doesn’t mean you have to be boring.
‘’Men appear loyal to cotton when it comes to fabrics, but with colours and styles of shirts, men can experiment just as much as women can.
‘’Colour aside, clothing material is also an important factor for what you wear to work.’’
The report also found men who favour shirts with green tones are the most likely to be late for work, whilst white shirt fans are the most punctual, the survey found.
And if you are trying for a promotion then it’s best to dress in a purple shirt, it emerged.
In the last five years men who are likely to wear purple shirts have had the most pay rises, so it’s no wonder that one in twenty of them drive a car that’s worth £20,000 or more.
Pink shirt wearers on the other hand are more likely to have a low carbon footprint as half of them insist on taking public transport to work.
One in twenty of those polled said there was rivalry between the male male members of staff over who looks the best and well over half said they like to make an effort with their image.
Surprisingly, 42% of men said they ironed their own shirts but a flash one in twenty pays someone to do it for them.
Over a quarter have their shirts ironed for them by their wife or girlfriend, although 13% still rely on mom to press their clothes.
More than half of men polled said ironing shirts was an irritating job, with the average man spending 24 minutes every week on making their shirts crease free.
