Which Striped Shirt Is Thinner?

Dr. Peter Thompson of the Department of psychology of York University in England conducted an experiment last September. In the experiment, he asked more than 200 women to wear the stripes and stripes respectively, and took a total of more than 400 pictures to show the volunteers.

Result, Volunteer It is generally believed that the same woman feels thinner in wearing striped clothes than in striped clothes. Two different women, even though the figure is similar to the naked eye, but one wearing a striped dress and another wearing striped clothes, 53% of the volunteers believe that women wearing striped clothes are thinner than those wearing striped clothes.

"Striped clothes do not make you look slimmer, while striped clothes do not make you look fatter. I think it is misleading that the principles of dressing that were generally accepted before. Thompson said.

　　 Thompson In fact, as early as in nineteenth Century, there was a name. Herman von Helmholtz The German physiologist created the Helmholtz quadrangle illusion theory named after his name, which proved that the effect of the Striped garment is more obvious.

The square of Helmholtz is two squares of exactly the same size, with a group of vertical parallel lines and a group of parallel parallel lines. Helmholtz found that although the actual area of the two squares is equal, it appears that the area of the square is larger.

Thompson's "horizontal stripes are thinner than vertical stripes". After the newsletter was published, some shoppers in Hangzhou shopping malls recently encountered a lot of strange things: some of the slightly overweight customers were arguing with them about whether they were horizontal stripes or vertical stripes.

Yesterday, the express did a small survey of 10 salesmen in Hangzhou. 9 of them objected to this statement. They believed that the vertical stripes were thinner than the horizontal stripes, but the British doctor's statement was not entirely wrong, but the stripes could be thin but preconditions.

　　 Hangzhou City Mall men's wear brand

Almost no striped shirt.

In shopping arcade, you can find that men's clothing is much more than women's clothing in striped patterns, so the salesmen of men's clothing department have more say. The 10 salesmen surveyed were respectively serving Tommy Hifiger (Tommy scarlet), Hush Puppies (Xia Bushi), Aquascutum (Jagle Dan), Ashworth, Tony Wear (Tony Will), Monte Cano, Boss Sunwen, Hatton, Mark Ed Faye, Esprit and other 10 men's wear brands, including fashion brands, casual wear, formal clothing and other categories. Only Ashworth of the salesmen thought that the stripes were even thinner than the vertical stripes. Others agreed that the vertical stripes were thinner than the horizontal stripes. When they recommended flowers for the fat customers, they usually recommended vertical stripes instead of stripes.

Tommy Hifiger's salesperson gave an example: almost all of them. Striped shirt They are vertical stripes and rarely see horizontal stripes. Indeed, looking for these ten counters, I could not find a shirt with all stripes, and the striped shirts can be found in almost every shirt with a special shirt.

9 salesmen say that striped shirts are vertical and horizontal, which may be related to more and more obese customers. Aquascutum a salesperson surnamed Zhang recalls that the size of men's trousers two feet three and two feet four was best sold, and now it's two feet five, two feet six. People's body is fatter than before. Clothing brands have taken this into account when designing. Many styles are designed to make fat people look thinner, which may also be the reason why shirts have no stripes.

Wang, manager of Jie Bai Men's clothing department, analyzed that shirts are more formal clothes. Whether they are thin or fat, they can be more upright and more energetic in wearing shirts. The stripes seem casual but not spiritual. This may be the main reason for the lack of striped shirts.

　 Fine striped T-shirt

The highest purchase rate for fat customers

What is equally interesting is that no T-shirt and sweater with vertical stripes can be found in the mall. A salesman in Mont, Kano, recalled that he had sold stripes T-shirts many years ago, but T-shirts in recent years are basically horizontal stripes and few vertical stripes. Wearing T-shirts is for comfort, and stripes are more casual than vertical stripes. In addition, fabrics such as mulberry silk and wool have their own pendant feel, and stripes are more suitable for reflecting the fabric characteristics.

Among the 10 brands, most brands have T-shirts with deep background and fine stripes. The salesmen say that nowadays people tend to be more comfortable in clothes and usually wear more T-shirts than shirts. They recommend this kind of T-shirt to fat customers because they do not wear fat and customers themselves like it. In fact, the thin striped T-shirt is almost suitable for a thin, moderate and fat body.

The salesperson of Tommy Hifiger points to a dark green, fine striped. T-shirt This is the shirt with the highest purchase rate of fat customers. It is not only thin on the flower color, slightly rigid, but also with a little elastic fabric. It also allows the fat body to have a sense of convergence. Light and thick stripes will only make the fat body look fatter.

　 The thickness of the stripes and the depth of the background.

Will affect the wearing effect.

All the salesmen thought that the conclusion of the British doctor was half right, and the stripes were also thin. There was a prerequisite for being thin: the stripes must be thin and the darker the color, the better.

Even thin stripes, stripes and stripes have different effects. Compare the two shirts that are the same size. The fine stripes are much thinner than the stripes.

Mr. Wang, manager of Jie Bai Men's clothing department, said that the stripes are much more general than the vertical stripes. The stripes are different in size and color. In the Esprit menswear counter, there used to be a yellow and white striped thick T-shirt with thick stripes. Fat people wore a much fatter look, while skinny people looked thinner. Only about 1.75 meters tall, fat and skinny, white skinned people wore only the right fit. They could be used as counter examples of "stripes must be thin."