Miniskirt influence?

[Eric Nielsen]

And in a bare market we see so many mini shorts.

Eric







On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> It's why women wear jeans.
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> JL
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> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 7:27 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
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> > On Jul 15, 2014, at 3:10 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
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> > > 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.
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> > > And pleasant to observe broadly.
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> > > JSB
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> > On the other hand, if they rise too high, the garment industry doesn't =
> > require as much material, hurting the manufacturing industry, and the =
> > clothiers can't charge as much for their dresses and skirts because of =
> > the reduced amount of fabric, leading to reduced income and less money =
> > in circulation, sending the economy into a tailspin, leading to longer =
> > hemlines. =20
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> > >> While it's possible that it's just coincidence, the current theory is
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> > that hemlines are affected by the ebullience associated with a strong =
> > economy or the low spirits associated with a recession.
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> > >> John Baker
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> > Behalf Of Joel S. Berson
> > >> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 10:36 AM
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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.
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> > >> 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.)
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> > >> Joel
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