1月5日公佈的一項調查顯示，英國女性一生中平均花費約10萬英磅用於添置新衣。
Women spend nearly ?100,000 on clothes during their lives, a survey revealed yesterday.
1月5日公佈的一項調查顯示，英國女性一生中平均花費約10萬英磅用於添置新衣。但是，其中僅有一半的衣服她們才真正穿過。
據英國《鏡報》1月6日報道，這項研究的發起方是丘吉爾保險公司。研究者對3023名女性進行了問卷調查後發現，英國14歲以上的.女性每個月平均會花費124英鎊來買鞋、衣服和各種配飾。這樣算來，如果一個女人能夠活到79歲，那麼這一生她將把96720英鎊花在了服裝上。她們最常購買的是時尚的上衣，接下來是鞋子和褲子。
同時，女性每次憑“衝動”購物的平均消費是164英鎊。這些女性中有25%的人爲自己的衝動行爲感到難爲情，並會對家人隱瞞這些錢的去向。40%的受訪女性甚至在經濟狀況緊張的情況下，也會去購買新的衣服。
心理學家克里斯汀·韋伯爾說：“女人花錢通常是爲了讓自己快樂，或者提升自信。”
調查發現，這些受訪者中有近一半的人會使用信用卡消費，即使透支也要花錢。58%的人表示，要想讓她們停止購物，唯一的辦法就是遠離那些購物場所。(任燕)
Women spend nearly ?100,000 on clothes during their lives, a survey revealed yesterday.
Yet they only ever wear half the clothes they own, the research found. Women spend about ?124 a month on shoes, clothes and accessories from the age of 14.
With a life expectancy of 79, that adds up to ?96,720. Churchill Insurance polled 3,023 women and discovered the average wardrobe contains about ?1,500 of clothes.
And many women make impulse buys of up to ?164 a time. A quarter are so ashamed of their spending they frequently lie to their partners about the cost.
Psychologist Christine Webber said: "Women spend in a bid to cheer themselves up or boost self-esteem."
The poll found 40 per cent of women even go shopping for new clothes when they are strapped for cash.
Nearly half have used credit cards or overdraft when skint and 58 per cent say only keeping away from the high street would stop them spending.
