Today’s The New York Times Style section includes an entertaining story about skirt and dress hemlines corresponding to stock market and economic trends. The writer pointed out that in times of economic prosperity, especially when the stock market is up, so are hemlines. Miniskirts were all the rage during the 1960s but with the economic downturn of the 1970s, hemlines were down, too. Maxidresses were popping up everywhere. The same is true today. The last several years saw high hemlines coinciding with booming economic times. But recently, celebrities and regular Joes (Janes?) have been spotted wearing long, flowy dresses,...
