Revealed: The Average Age at Which a Woman is Best at Shopping

There’s a lot of shopping to be done yet it seems…

Women don’t get the hang of clothes shopping until they reach the age of 57, it has been revealed.

According to a report released today, it takes the average woman around 40 years of practice trawling stores before women find the their ‘perfect shop’, discover what truly suits them and learn how to barter. 

It also emerged that the mid-fifties is the point at which we start to feel confident in the clothes we buy, are unlikely to return items back to the shop and expect compliments about what we’re wearing.

Unlike younger age groups, women over 50 only need to try on a few items of clothing or pairs of shoes before deciding on what to buy. 

The study also found the average expert shopper enjoys retail therapy once a month, with 43% describing their shopping trip as ‘well thought out’.

Niki Blackmore, spokeswoman for MyHighSt which conducted the study of 2,000 women, said: ”This report is a clear indication that it takes a considerable amount of time before women really start to know what they are looking for when going clothes shopping.

”The previous forty or so years are spent working out what clothes are the right fit, deciding whether to shop online or in store, and taking advice from family and friends.” 

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The survey also revealed that women aged 57 are also more likely to have worn most of the items in their wardrobe – with the average person claiming to have just four unworn items. 

Comparing those stats with the amount of unworn items in the closet of every Her.ie staffer – it seems as though getting older is going to save us a whole lot of money, and wardrobe space!