The “hemline index” is one of those economic theories that never quite disappears. Popularized in the 20th century, it claims a correlation between skirt lengths and the stock market: shorter hemlines ...

Writers, editors, and even some would-be economists have been waiting to see how the fashion world would react to the current financial crisis. According to the Hemline Index, a theory coined by ...

In 1926, Wharton economist George Taylor's Hemline Index proposed that skirt lengths are a barometer for consumer confidence: ...

Have you ever wondered how fashion trends worked before the fast-paced world of smartphones, social media and influencers? Traditionally, trends originated from a few select fashion houses and were ...