Mirrors are being removed from changing rooms in some of Britain's biggest shopping centres after new research revealed they make customers more "body conscious".

Almost three-quarters of British women (71 per cent) are put off buying clothes after they have tried them on in front of a changing room mirror, a survey found.

More than half of woman (52 per cent) are left feeling down after seeing themselves in the mirror, the research discovered.

And a fifth (22 per cent) of women will only allow close friends and family to see them try on clothes in a changing room.

Retail giant Hammerson is now taking down mirrors from its Birmingham Bullring, Bristol Cabot Circus and Croydon Centrale malls in a bid to boost the confidence of female shoppers.