Miniskirt influence?

[Joel S. Berson]

At 7/15/2014 10:51 AM, Baker, John wrote:
>Yes, hemlines get higher (i.e., skirts get shorter) when the economy 
>improves and the stock market goes up, and vice versa.  The effect 
>is particularly easy to observe for the period 1920 - 1970.

And pleasant to observe broadly.

JSB

>While it's possible that it's just coincidence, the current theory 
>is that hemlines are affected by the ebullience associated with a 
>strong economy or the low spirits associated with a recession.
>
>
>John Baker
>
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>Subject: Re: Miniskirt influence?
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>At 7/14/2014 11:15 PM, Baker, John wrote:
> >  Mexico City, a psychiatrist wrote an article of some kind linking
> > the short skirts to fears of international conflict, and a wire
> > service reporter in Mexico City then wrote a humorous article based
> > primarily on the psychiatrist's piece.
>
>Do I not remember miniskirts being correlated positively with
>economic booms?  Or was it negatively?  (More broadly, it was the
>raising or lowering of hemlines that was alleged to be associated
>with economic rises or falls.)
>
>Joel
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