Men who wear pink shirts earn £1,000 more, a new study finds.
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Pink is unusual for men, isn’t it? It is a question of a man’s masculinity. The color is too pretty for a gallant character he portrays.
But it takes confidence to wear light colors. Men in pink don’t have insecurities having a pink bearing above his skin.
A new study reveals that men who wore pink earns £1,000 more yearly. Compared to those who wear the traditional colors, these men are better qualified yet half of them take the public transportation to work, leaving a lower carbon footprint.
The same study reveals that men in pink are twice as likely to hold a Master’s degree. 10% of pink wearers have a PhD extension on their name.
And the ladies love the pink color. Men in pink get more compliments and romances from female colleagues.
Pink is historically a man’s color. Men, for centuries, dress more elaborately than women. The noble knights and celebrated kings wore exaggerated clothes. In the late 18th century, pink was common shade for a man, says Bronwyn Cosgrave, author of Costume & Fashion: A Complete History.
Today, men are coming back to a freer fashion. One in four men feels more attractive when in pink. “Pink is a colour more men have been embracing recently and it’s encouraging that they are not afraid to experiment with brighter colours”, added Stephanie Thiers-Ratcliffe, International Marketing Manager for Cotton USA.
Another color deemed feminine before was purple. But in today’s society, men in purple shirts get the most pay raise, and are more likely to drive a car worth £20,000 or more.
The generalization that “pink is for women and blue is for men” is diffusing. Pink, blue and any other color is now for men and women.
What color of clothes you look best with?
Sources:Men in the pink; BBC News
The power of pink: Men who wear shirts of that colour earn £1,000 a year more than those who don’t; Daily Mail UK
Men in pink shirts are “better qualified and have more office romances”, says study; London loves Business
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Men in pink is just fine with me.
Never worked for me. Dollars or pounds. Maybe it was the tie?
Only the Panther looks good in pink.
Jury’s out on this one.
Impressive. I’m okay with pink.
I sort of bring enough pink to the table.
That’s just so strange! Color really matters that much?
It’s a pity none of the articles seem to have a link to the actual study. There are so many ways this conclusion could be wrong – it could be that better educated men or men in better jobs have different clothing preferences (maybe pink shirts are more expensive on average?), or it could be that some personality trait is behind both wearing pink and getting good jobs… The scientist in me can’t help but question.
I say men can have Pink because I don’t like the color and I am a woman. I actually prefer blue! 😉
My understanding is that it was WWII that brought about the vilification of pink as a boys color and swapped pink for boys and blue for girls around. Pink being a diminutive color for red – a masculine color and pale blue for girls – a ‘calming and peaceful’ color.
As a personal preference, excluding the beauty of nature, pink is evil and shouldn’t exist, male or female. 😛
I work in mens retail, and I have managed to get men to try more colors, and they are always surprised at how great it looks on them.