skirt indicator

[Gordon Fitch]

Doug Henwood:
> [further proof that the great bull market is ending?]
> New York Times - April 25, 2000
> The Mini Rebellion Is Over. Long Skirts Reign
> By GINIA BELLAFANTE
> 
> ...
> New hemline opinions tend to raise the kind of questions that other 
> shifts in taste lack the history and symbolism to force. One theory 
> long promulgated by fashion watchers is that hemlines rise in boom 
> times (the 1920's, the 80's) and fall during less economically vital 
> years (the early 70's). The current abandonment of shorter lengths 
> contradicts that idea.
>
> But more important, what, if anything, does the shift represent? 
> ...

How about derepressive resublimation?