Well the trouser suit may be the uniform of choice for the power-dressing career woman. But she'd be better off in a skirt, if the 
latest research is to be believed, reports the Herald Sun.

Skirts give a better first impression and are more likely to lead to success in the workplace, a UK study found.

Professor Karen Pine, who co-led the study at the University of Hertfordshire, said when 300 people were asked to give "snap judgments" of images of women in either trouser suits or a skirts, they favoured those in skirts.

As Pine said"First impressions are formed rapidly and are often highly accurate," .

"What we wear speaks volumes in just a few seconds. Dressing to impress really is worthwhile and could even be the essential to achievement."