They spend almost an hour and a half a week deciding what to wear for work, at weekends and on nights out, a survey reveals. This amounts to three days every year, and almost 20 weeks between the ages of 18 and 65.

 

It also emerged³ 45 per cent of women find the process of deciding what to wear to work stressful thanks to fear their outfit¹ will be inappropriate for work. A massive⁴ 54 per cent even lay their clothes out the night before to prevent a last-minute panic in the morning - which has led to almost a quarter being late for work. Some 15 per cent have left the house for work, only to go home again to change. While one in ten have even gone home at lunch to get changed because they weren't happy with what they were wearing.

 

A spokesman⁵ for uniform suppliers Simon Jersey⁶, which commissioned the survey of 2,000 women, said: 'Many of us have a huge variety of clothes in our wardrobes, and picking what to wear can be a nightmare⁷ at the best of times. Not only do you have to consider the dress code where you work or where you are going, you have to consider whether an outfit is practical and suitable for the great British weather.

 

'Regardless of where you work and what job you do, if you don't wear a uniform to work, picking the right outfit can be a minefield. You don't want to wear something which is inappropriate or too casual, but at the same time you don't want to appear over-dressed. Over time, it seems many women get around this by developing their own sort suit of uniform, whether it's by wearing the same clothes on a loop, or keeping their work and personal wardrobes completely separate.'

 

The study of 2,000 women found the average woman will spend more than 12 minutes of each weekday morning choosing what to wear to work that day, and a further 10 minutes picking out clothes at weekends. On top of that, 55 minutes of each month is spent choosing and trying on outfits for two different nights out. But for some, these figures could be much higher with half of women worrying about what they are going to wear before getting out of bed in the morning, or even the night before. And 49 per cent admit they lie awake planning their outfit for their next day at work.

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