Wearing accessories greatly affected both men and women‘s charm during blind dates, according to South Korean marriage agency Duo on Thursday.

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According to a survey of 518 single men and women, which was conducted on April 2 to 20, 76.1 percent of respondents said wearing fashion accessories affected the likability of the opposite sex.

Men cared about their watch (28.8 percent) the most, followed by bags and wallets (24.2 percent) and shoes (20.3 percent). Women’s favorite items were bags and wallets (34.7 percent), followed by shoes (24.7 percent) and jewelry (17.5 percent).

Women picked men’s jean chains (34 percent) as the worst item. Colorful belts (25.8 percent) and gold necklaces (17.5 percent) followed. Men disliked women’s hand mirrors (34.4 percent) the most, followed by artificial nails (29.5 percent) and big flower hairpins (18.5 percent).

Men paid the most attention to women’s bags and wallets (40.1 percent), compared to women paying the most attention to men’s shoes (32.3 percent).


By Shin Ji-hye (shinjh@heraldcorp.com)