Fashion’s Bread Obsession Is Recession Camp At Its Best

Few things in this life are certain, but there are two things we can always count on: economic recessions and trend cycles. Right now, the price of a dozen eggs hovers around $10 in Manhattan, and even a $17 martini doesn’t guarantee a sidecar. We’re feeling, in ways much larger than cocktail prices, the effects of a recession that’s been a long time coming, and fashion has been taking notice for months. Recessions and fashion trends always go hand in hand: Take the hemline index, for example, which theorizes that hemlines get shorter in times of economic prosperity, and longer… Read Full Article