Secret to appear more competent hidden in your clothing
The researchers began with images of 50 faces, each wearing clothes rated as "richer" or "poorer" by an independent group of judges. Based on those ratings, the researchers selected 18 black and 18 white face-clothing pairs displaying the most prominent rich-poor differences. These were then used across the nine studies.
Clothing perceived as "richer" by an observer -- whether it was a T-shirt, sweater, or other top -- led to higher competence ratings of the person pictured than similar clothes judged as "poorer,", Photo: Pixabay