Using photographs and narrative, Bill Cunningham, of the New York Times, explores what major changes might happen in women’s fashion with the economic crash we are currently weathering. How will hemlines change? What style of pants will be the most covetted? He offers his ideas, but cautions that no one really knows yet what sorts of fashion trends will accompany the current recession. From the New York Times:
“Revolutions to fashion usually begin because of world events. Will fashion history repeat the drastic hemline changes that followed the 1929 crash?”
Watch and listen to the feature here: On the Street: Fashion Barometer.
Quick style history fact:
Hemlines rested just below the knee throughout the late 1920’s (think of the Flapper look), including 1929 when the stock market crashed. The early- to mid-1930’s saw hemlines drop to just above the ankle.
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