The Superbowl and the Stock Market

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Feb 2 12:53:37 PST 2002


Michael Pollak wrote:


>Wasn't the rise of the Wonderbra, and all it contained, cotemporal with
>the very middle the 90s bull market?

Not exactly. According to the official history at <http://www.wonderbra.co.uk/uk/Walk.asp>:


>Up until the early 90's, Wonderbra was primarily a single style
>brand and was 'the original push-up and plunge bra'. However, in
>1992, the fashionable image of women changed from the lean, hungry
>look to one of voluptuous womanly curves. Clothes were being
>designed with bosoms very much in mind. Visible cleavages were back!

1992 was the era of the jobless recovery and a 7.5% unemployment rate in the U.S. The End of Work and the Jobless Future appeared in 1994-5. The jobless rate didn't break below 6% until 1995.

Doug



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