The Superbowl and the Stock Market

[Kelley]

At 05:23 PM 2/1/02 -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
>My beloved, Liza Featherstone, did a piece for a fashion mag called Nylon 
>recently on changing tastes in breast size as an economic indicator - half 
>as a joke, and half seriously. Just as the economy was slowing, the boyish 
>look went out and bigger breasts came into style. Her editor at Nylon got 
>a press release recently saying that big ones are out and small ones are 
>now in - yet another sign of recovery! The theory here is that in tough 
>times, the fashion is for nurturance; in good times, it's for ambition.
>An analogous theory is that in bad times, women are more eager to attract 
>marriage partners, and so accentuate curves and minimize exposed flesh (so 
>as to appear modest and potentially monogamous); in good times, they're 
>more independent, less eager to get married, and more eager to show 
>themselves off.

copy please! :)

did she hunt down the infamous research maint. a negative correlation 
between male's class position and taste in BBBs?

kelley