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Fashion as Economic Indicator

April 17, 2010
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Fashion as Economic Indicator

This week’s New York Times Style section brought a story about how fashion trends relate to the economic climate. A similar story was published in 2008 when all was going to hell in a handbasket, announcing that longer hemlines were in for the duration of the recession. This latest article said quite the opposite. Apparently, colorful prints are the new black. As more positive economic indicators come in each week and the stock market continues its march higher, women are tossing aside their drab clothing in favor of bright colors. (Just a thought, but the changing of the seasons...

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