• by Sarah Mahoney  @mahoney_sarah, January 4, 2011

When it comes to men, it's OK to judge a book by its cover: A new survey from Men's Wearhouse reports that 91% of Americans think that a man who dresses well seems more attractive than he really is, while 83% of women think a snazzy dresser is sexier than one with lots of dough. And in what will surely come as a wakeup call to all those 30-somethings running around in skater shoes and ballcaps, 65% of those polled believe you can measure a man's maturity level by what he has on.

"It is time to get back to business and make men look like men, whether that means a suit or dark denim jeans and a sports coat," David Lawrence, director of merchandising for the Fremont, Calif.-based chain, tells Marketing Daily. "Men look better when they're dressed well."

The good news is that the majority of guys know how clueless they've become: 72% of men admit they feel underdressed most of the time, and 73% believe men don't dress as well as they did 20 years ago.